IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition (S/S) No. 207 of 2009 Jeevan Ram ……….Petitioner. Versus State of Uttarakhand and another …….Respondents Present : Mr. Ganesh Kandpal, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. N.P. Sah, Standing Counsel for the State of Uttarakhand. Hon’ble Sudhanshu Dhulia, J. (oral) 1. Heard Mr. Ganesh Kandpal, Advocate for the petitioner and Mr. N.P. Sah, Standing Counsel for the State of Uttarakhand. 2. The petitioner was working as a seasonal employee in the Forest Department and he has worked as such for more than three seasons. In a special recruitment drive for the posts of Forest Guards, appointments were to be made only from such seasonal workers who have worked for more than three seasons. The petitioner was also a candidate for the said selection where he appeared in a written test, medical test and physical test, etc. but his candidature was rejected on the ground that he has not worked for three seasons in continuation and was not working as a seasonal worker at the time of recruitment drive. 3. All the same, these matters stand adjudicated and in a similar writ petition being Writ Petition (SS) No. 855 of 2009, pertaining to the issues as being agitated by the present petitioner, a learned Single Judge of this Court has allowed the writ petition vide order dated 27.12.2010 and has held that if a candidate has worked for three 2 seasons, he is eligible for the post of forest guard, which has been upheld by a Division Bench of this Court in Special Appeal No. 186 of 2011 decided on 23.8.2011. 4. Hence, the present writ petition is also disposed of in terms of the order dated 27.12.2010 passed by this Court in Writ Petition (SS) No. 855 of 2009 (Ganesh Chandra Joshi V. State of Uttarakhand and others). 5. No order as to costs. (Sudhanshu Dhulia, J.) 21.10.2011 Avneet