Court No. 2 IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARANCHAL AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No. 118 (S/B) of 2002 Bali Ram Chaudhary & eight Ors. …. Petitioner. Versus The State of Uttaranchal through Secretary, Local Bodies, Uttaranchal, Dehradun and another. …. Respondents. …………………….. Hon’ble P.C. Verma, J. Hon’ble B.S. Verma, J. By means of this writ petition the petitioners seek writ of mandamus commanding the respondents to regularise their service on the posts of Junior Engineers. In response to the notice issued on the writ petition, it has been stated in Para-5 that the Sate of Uttaranchal has issued order dated 09.06.2004 to the Jal Sansthan to regularise the service of petitioners against the vacant posts. In view of this statement, we provide that the respondent No. 2- Jal Sansthan shall comply the aforesaid order within a period of one month from the date of production of certified copy of this order. The petitioners claim seniority from the date they were given ad hoc appointments. This question shall also be considered by the Jal Sansthan while reckoning the seniority of the petitioners. With the aforesaid observations, the petition is disposed of finally. (B.S. Verma, J.) (P.C. Verma, J.) 04.08.2004 P.Singh