IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No. 470 of 2008 (S/S) Shambhu Dutt Budhani S/o Shri Gopal Dutt Budhani At present posted as Helper in C.D.F., Ranikhet, District Almora. . Petitioner ...………… [ Versus Additional Secretary (Cooperative) Uttarakhand Government, Dehradun / Administrator, Uttarakhand State Co- Operative Federation Ltd., Dehradun. ...…………. Respondent Mr. R.P. Nautiyal, learned counsel for the petitioner. Mr. N.P. Sah, Standing Counsel for the respondent. Hon’ble Prafulla C. Pant, J. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner. 2) By means of this writ petition, the petitioner has sought writ in the nature of mandamus, commanding the Additional Secretary (Co-operative), Government of Uttarakhand, Dehradun, who is Ex-officio Administrator of the Uttarakhand State Co-operative Federation Ltd., to decide the appeal filed by the petitioner on 03.12.2007. 3) It appears that the petitioner, who was working as Helper, in a cold storage run by the aforesaid Federation at Kashipur, Udham Singh Nagar, was found guilty in the departmental enquiry for misbehaving with the employees 2 of the Federation, after consuming alcohol during his official duty. The petitioner was awarded minor punishment and he was not paid any amount except the subsistence allowance for the period of suspension. Against said order dated 30th October 2007, petitioner appears to have filed departmental appeal / representation to the Administrator of the Co-operative Federation Limited. 4) The prayer seeking direction to the respondent to decide the appeal / representation is innocuous. Therefore, this writ petition is summarily disposed of with the direction that the respondent shall decide the representation / appeal filed by the petitioner on 03.12.2007, within a period of three weeks, from the date certified copy of this order is produced before said authority. (Stay Application No. 3630 of 2008 also stands disposed of). (Prafulla C. Pant, J.) [ Dt. June 19, 2008. H.Negi 3