IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition (S/S) No. 506 of 2011 Rajendra Kumar Sharma ….Petitioner. Versus State of Uttarakhand and others …Respondents. Ms. Indu Sharma, Advocate present for the petitioner. Sri N.P. Sah, Standing Counsel present for the State of Uttarakhand. Hon’ble Sudhanshu Dhulia, J. (Oral) Heard Ms. Indu Sharma, Advocate present for the petitioner as well as Sri N.P. Sah, Standing Counsel present for the State of Uttarakhand. The petitioner was a prisoner’s guard in District Jail, Haridwar. A departmental proceeding was initiated against him and consequently he was removed from service. The petitioner preferred a statutory appeal which is presently pending before the Principal Secretary (Jail), Government of Uttarakhand. The appeal, according to the petitioner, is pending since 2006. All the petitioner prays in the present writ petition is that a direction be given to respondent no. 1 which is Principal Secretary (Jail), Uttarakhand, Dehradun to dispose of the appeal of the petitioner expeditiously. Learned Standing Counsel appearing for the State very fairly states that he has no objection if such a direction is made. The writ petition is therefore disposed of with the direction to the Principal Secretary (Jail), Uttarakhand, Dehradun to decide the appeal of the petitioner which is pending before him as expeditiously as possible but definitely within a period of eight weeks from the date a certified copy of this order is produced before him. Writ petition is accordingly disposed of. No order as to costs. (Sudhanshu Dhulia, J.) 27.5.2011 Avneet