IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No. 1450 of 2010 (M/S) M/s Uttaranchal Progressive Education Society 11-A, Sewak Ashram Road, Dehradun Uttarakhand through its Secretary Kamal Sawhney S/o Dr. S.S. Sawhney ……Petitioner Versus Member Secretary All India Council for Technical Education 7th Floor, Chander Lok Building, Janpath New Delhi-110001 And another. …….Respondents Mr. S.K. Posti, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. M.C. Pande, Advocate for the respondents. Dated:-30-08-2010 Hon’ble B.S.Verma, J. Heard learned counsel of the parties and perused the record. By means of this writ petition, the petitioner has sought writ in the nature of certiorari quashing the order dated 06.08.2010 (annexed as annexure-6 to the writ petition), passed by respondent No. 2, whereby letter of approval was denied to the petitioner by the respondents. According to the petitioner he removed the objections raised by the expert committee, which is filed as annexure-1 to the writ petition. Mr. S.K. Posti, learned counsel for the petitioner contended that the defects reported by the expert committee was duly removed by the petitioner and was accepted by the appellate authority. In support of his contention, document of acceptance has been filed, which is annexed as annexure 2 to the petition. He further contended that recommendation was made to the Council for issuance of letter of approval for further process. In the report of appellate committee, infront of the column of - recommendation forwarded to the council for issuance of letter of approval, ‘YES’ has been mentioned. The petitioner has challenged the denial of letter of approval before the appellate committee, as per provision of Clause 12 of the Approval Process Handbook. This fact is not disputed by learned counsel for the respondent that the appeal is still pending for disposal. Since the appeal is pending for disposal before the appellate committee for quashing the same impugned order, which is challenged in the present writ petition, without entering into the merits of the case, the appellate authority is directed to decide the appeal of the petitioner by a speaking and reasoned order within a period of thirty days from the date of production of certified copy of the order. Therefore, the writ petition is disposed of. (B.S.Verma, J.) 30-08-2010 S