IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No. 19 (SS) of 2001 Kunwar Singh Matiyali. …..…...Petitioner Versus Secretary, Irrigation, Energy and Minor Irrigation Department, Uttaranchal, at Dehradun. ….Respondents And Writ Petition No. 20 (SS) of 2001 Brij Raj Kishore Pant. …..…...Petitioner Versus The Secretary, Minor Irrigation Department, Uttaranchal and another ….Respondents And Writ Petition No. 23 (SS) of 2001 Ravindra Joshi. …..…...Petitioner Versus The Secretary, Minor Irrigation Department, Uttaranchal and another ….Respondents And Writ Petition No. 27 (SS) of 2001 Prakash Chandra Pandey. …..…...Petitioner Versus The Secretary, Minor Irrigation Department, Uttaranchal and another ….Respondents 2 And Writ Petition No. 30 (SS) of 2001 O.P. Sharma. …..…...Petitioner Versus The Secretary, Irrigation, Energy and Minor Irrigation Department, Uttaranchal and another ….Respondents Present : None appears on behalf of the petitioner. Mr. N.P. Shah, Standing Counsel for the State of Uttarakhand. Hon’ble Sudhanshu Dhulia, J. (Oral) Heard Mr. N.P. Shah, Standing Counsel for the State of Uttarakhand. All these petitioners were Junior Engineer officiating as Assistant Engineers in the Minor Irrigation Department at the relevant time in the erstwhile State of Uttar Pradesh and had filed the writ petitions earlier at High Court of Judicature at Allahabad for their regularisation. Their writ petition in each case was disposed of vide different orders passed by the Division Bench directing the concerned authority to dispose of the representation of the petitioners for regularisation. Consequently, the petitioners filed representations which were rejected by the concerned authorities by reasoned order. It is this orders which were again passed on different dates by the concerned authorities which have been challenged in these writ petitions. On the grounds urged by the petitioners, no interference is being called for inasmuch as the representation of the petitioners have rightly been 3 rejected on the ground that there are two channels for appointment as Assistant Engineer – one is direct appointment and other is by promotion from Junior Engineer. The concerned authority has given the precise date in each case as to how many vacancies are available and has came to the conclusion that considering the number of vacancies promotion cannot be given to them as the quota earmarked for them stands full at the moment. The reason seems to be just and proper and therefore no interference is being called for. All the same, since the matter is now extremely old and meanwhile the State of Uttarakhand has also been formed and it is presumed that some of the petitioners have by now allocated to State of Uttarakhand, they are at liberty to move a further representation for redressal of their grievance before the concerned authority as by now situation may have changed. With these observations, all the aforesaid writ petitions are disposed of. No order as to costs. (Sudhanshu Dhulia, J.) 26.07.2011 SKS