IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No. 1305(S/S)2001 (Old no. 27035 of 1996) 1. Jaman Singh S/o Prem Singh 2. Jwala Dutt S/o Indra Main 3. Kailash Chandra S/o Shiv Dutt, 4. Hira Singh S/o Umed Singh, 5. Bhopal Singh S/o Pan Singh, 6. Girish Chand S/o Shobha Datt, 7. Devendra Singh S/o Sher Singh, 8. Chandan Singh S/o Bishan Singh, 9. Lal Singh S/o Sher Singh, 10. Harish Chandra S/o Pratap Ram, 11. Trilok Singh S/o Jait Singh, 12. Hari Ram S/o Dhani Ram, 13. Deo Singh S/o Mohan Singh, 14. Mohan Singh S/o Chatur Singh, 15. Jeet Singh S/o Mate Sing, 16. Narendra Singh S/o Jeet Singh, 17. Kumer Chandra S/o Trilok Ram, 18. Chandan Singh S/o Bishan Singh All are posted at Gagas Forest Range, (Soil Conservation), Ranikhet Forest Division, District Almora. ---- Petitioners. Vs. 1. The State of U.P. through Secretary Forest Department, Govt. of U.P., Lucknow, 2. The Chief Conservator of Forest, U.P. at Lucknow, 3. The Conservator of Forest (Soil Conservation), South Circle, Nainital, 4. The Range Officer, Gagas Forest Range, (Soil Conservation), Ranikhet Forest Division, District Almora. ---- Respondents. Sri B.D. Upadhyay, learned counsel for the petitioners, Sri Paresh Tripathi, learned Standing Counsel for the State of Uttarakhand. Hon’ble M.M. Ghildiyal, J. Heard Sri Vinod Tewari, Adv. holding brief of Sri B.D. Upadhyay, learned counsel for the petitioners and Sri H.M. Raturi, learned Standing Counsel for State of Uttarakhand. 2 By means of this writ petition, the petitioners have prayed for the following reliefs: i. Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of certiorari quashing the impugned order dated 01.08.1996 and 17.07.1996 passed by the respondent no. 4 contained in annexure-1 & 5 to this writ petition, ii. Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus, restraining the respondents from interfering with the services of the petitioners, iii. Issue any other suitable writ, order or direction which this Hon’ble Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case, iv. Award the cost of the present writ petition to the petitioners. Stand of the petitioners is that they were engaged by the Forest Department on daily wage basis during the year 1987-95. The petitioners have been disengaged by the Department by impugned orders dated 01.08.1996 and 17.07.1996. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and perusing of the record, I do not find any ground for granting the reliefs sought by means of this writ petition. The petition lacks merit and is liable to be dismissed. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed. No order as to costs. (M.M. Ghildiyal, J.) May 4, 2007: NCM: