IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL WRIT PETITION NO.916 OF 2009 (S/S) Vivek Chaudhary ..........Petitioner Versus State of Uttarakhand & Others ................Respondent Sri Pankaj Miglani, Advocate for the petitioner Sri Paresh Tripathi, learned Brief Holder for the State Dated: September 22, 2009 HON. DHARAM VEER, J. By means of this writ petition, the petitioner has prayed to issue writ in the nature of mandamus directing the respondent no.3- Inspector General of Police (Information & Safety), Information Headquarters, Uttarakhand, Dehradun to dispose of the appeal (contained in annexure no.2 to the writ petition) within the time prescribed by this Court. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the services of the petitioner were terminated on 21.7.2007 and against that order, the petitioner preferred a writ petition before this Court which was dismissed as withdrawn on 5.3.2009 with liberty to the petitioner to file an appeal before the competent authority as per the provisions of Section 20 of U.P. Police Officers of The Subordinate Ranks (Punishment and Appeal) Rules, 1991. Accordingly, the petitioner preferred an appeal before respondent no.3 on 2.4.2009, however till date, no action whatsoever has not been taken on the appeal of the petitioner due to which the petitioner is facing hardship. 3. Looking to the facts and circumstances of the case, I am of the view that the prayer made is innocuous in nature, therefore, the same deserves to be accepted. 4. Hence, the writ petition is disposed of with the direction to the respondent no.3 i.e. Inspector General of Police (Information & Safety), Information Headquarters, Uttarakhand, Dehradun to dispose of the appeal preferred by the petitioner (contained in annexure no.2 to the writ petition) pending before him, expeditiously preferably within a period of six months from today. (Dharam Veer, J.) 22.09.2009 Rajeev Dang