HIGH COURT OF UTTARANCHAL AT NAINITAL. Writ Petition no. 1064(S/S)2006 Pramod Kumar Singh S/o Dr. Akhilendra Pratap Singh, Presently working as Junior Engineer, Uttaranchal Jal Sansthan Dwarahat Unit, Branch Ranikhet District Almora. ----Petitioner. Versus 1. State of Uttaranchal, through Secretary Pay Jal, Dehradun, 2. Chief General Manager, Uttaranchal Jal Sansthan, Jal Bhawan, Block-B, Nehru Colony, Dehradun, 3. General Manager, Uttaranchal Jal Sansthan, Nainital, 4. State of Uttar Pradesh, through Principal Secretary, 5. Director, Directorate Local Bodies, 8th floor, Indira Bhawan Ashok Marg, Lucknow. ----Respondents. Mr. P.C. Bisht Adv. and Sri H.C. Bhatt, learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri Paresh Tripathi, learned Standing Counsel for the State/respondent no.1, Sri Rakesh Thapaliyal, learned counsel for the Jal Sansthan/respondent nos. 2 & 3, Smt. Beena Pandey, learned Standing Counsel for the State of U.P./respondent nos. 4 & 5. Hon’ble M.M. Ghildiyal, J. Heard Sri P.C. Bisht Adv. and Sri H.C. Bhatt, learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri Paresh Tripathi, learned Standing Counsel for the State/respondent no. 1, Sri Rakesh Thapaliyal, learned counsel for the Jal Sansthan/respondent nos. 2 & 3 and Smt. Beena Pandey, learned Standing Counsel for the State of U.P./respondent nos. 4 & 5. The present writ petition has been filed by the petitioner for the following reliefs:- a) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding the respondent nos. 1, 2 & 3 to relieve the petitioner from the State of Uttaranchal to the State of Uttar Pradesh further commanding 2 respondent nos. 4 & 5 to provide him posting in the same grade in the State of Uttar Pradesh, b) Any other writ, order or direction which this Hon’ble Court may deem fit and proper in the facts and circumstances of the case, c) The cost of writ petition may be awarded in favour of the petitioner against the respondents. Submission of the petitioner, as narrated in the writ petition, is that he is working as Junior Engineer with the Uttaranchal Jal Sansthan and at present is posted as Junior Engineer at Dwarahat Unit. He is permanent resident of State of Uttar Pradesh and has opted for State of Uttar Pradesh and, in fact, he has been finally allocated for State of Uttar Pradesh. Sri Rakesh Thapaliyal, learned counsel for the Jal Sansthan has also pointed out to the Court that the State of Uttar Pradesh has made request for relieving the petitioner from State of Uttaranchal to the State of Uttar Pradesh. In the circumstances mentioned above, I think that it will be justified to direct the respondent nos. 1 & 2 to take decision in the matter of the petitioner’s grievances. Accordingly, I direct the respondent nos. 1 & 2 to take necessary steps for relieving the petitioner from Uttaranchal Jal Sansthan to State of Uttar Pradesh as early as possible. With this direction, the writ petition is finally disposed of. M.M. Ghildiyal, J.) August 4, 2006: NCM: