HIGH COURT OF UTTARANCHAL AT NAINITAL. Writ Petition no. 645(S/S) 2006 1. Gopal Singh Rawat S/o Sri Pahar Singh, Resident of village – Thalatariyal, Post Office Thalamanral, Salt, Almora, 2. Thakur Datt S/o Sri Shankar Datt, Resident of village – Karget, P.O. Dewayal Salt, Tehsil – Salt, Almora. ----Petitioners. Versus 1. State of Uttaranchal, through Secretary, Department of Education, Govt. of Uttaranchal, Dehradun, 2. Director, School Education, Uttaranchal, Dehradun, 3. Joint Director of Education, Kumaon Region, Nainital, 4. District Education Officer, Almora, District Almora. -----Respondents. Mr. Alok Nehra, holding brief of Sri Manoj Tewari, learned counsel for the petitioners, Sri Paresh Tripathi, learned Standing Counsel for the respondents/State. Hon’ble M.M. Ghildiyal, J. Heard Sri Alok Mehra, holding brief of Sri Manoj Tewari, learned counsel for the petitioners and learned Standing Counsel for the State/ respondents. The present writ petition has been filed by the petitioners for the following reliefs:- A. To issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding the respondent no. 2 to pass appropriate orders for giving ad-hoc appointment on the post of Lecturer to the petitioners from the date when other similarly situate persons have been given such benefit, 2 B. To issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding the respondent no. 1 to hold an enquiry in the matter and pass appropriate orders for giving benefit of policy decision taken by the State Government to the petitioners, C. To issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding the respondents to grant all consequential benefits including arrears of salary from the date when other similarly situate persons were given ad-hoc appointment/salary in regular post, D. To issue any other writ, order or direction, which this Hon’ble Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case, E. Award the cost of the writ petition in favour of the petitioners. Learned counsel for the petitioners has submitted that the respondents have already provided the petitioners appointment, as Lecturers, on ad-hoc basis vide order dated 25th July 2006. In view of the order passed by the respondents on 25.06.2006, the writ petition has become infructuous. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed being infructuous. (M.M. Ghildiyal, J.) August 4, 2006: NCM: