Court No. 2 IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARANCHAL AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No. 3387/ 2001 (S/S) Gopal Ram S/o Sri Sarp Ram, R/o Naugaon, Post Jamrari- band, Patti-Malla Reethagad, Tehsil/ District- Bageshwar. ................. Petitioner. Versus 1. The District Magistrate/ Collector, District Bageshwar, 2. The Sub Divisional Magistrate, Kupkot, District-Bageshwar, 3. The Commissioner Kumaon Commissionary, Nainital, 4. Uttaranchal State through Chief Secretary Finance and Revenue, Dehradun. ......... Respondents. Sri Shyam Singh Negi, learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri Nand Prasad, learned Standing Counsel for the respondents. Date: November 19,2005. Hon'ble P.C. Verma, J. By means of this petition the petitioner has prayed for writ of mandamus to command the respondents to regularize the service of the petitioner or treat the petitioner in service as Stenographer (Hindi) in District-Bageshwar, Uttaranchal (Revenue Department) in Class-III post. 2. The petitioner was appointed on 20.6.1998 on ad hoc basis and since then he is in service but his services have not been regularized. The petitioner is entitled to be regularized under the rules known as the Uttar Pradesh Regularization of Ad hoc Appointments (On Posts Outside the Purview of the Public Service Commission) Rules, 1979 as he was appointed prior to cut off date as amended from time to time. Therefore, the respondents are directed to consider the case of the petitioner for regularization under the aforesaid rules, if he is otherwise eligible. 3. With the aforesaid observation, the petition is disposed of finally. (P.C. Verma, J.) 19.11.2005 P.Singh