Writ Petition No. 521 (SS) of 2006 Hon’ble M.M. Ghildiyal, J. Heard Sri Harendra Belwal, holding brief of Sri P.S. Rawat, learned counsel for the petitioner, learned standing counsel for Union of India, Smt. Beena Pandey, learned Standing Counsel for State of U.P. and Sri N. P. Shah, learned standing counsel for State of Uttarakhand on behalf of respondents. By means of this writ petition, petitioner has prayed for the following relief: a. Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of Mandamus commanding the respondent to finally allocate the petitioners in the State of U.P. and relieve them from State of Uttarakhand accordingly. b. Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of Mandamus commanding the respondents to relieve the petitioners from State of Uttarakhand. c. Any other order or direction which this Hon’ble Court may deem fit and proper in the facts and circumstances of the case. d. Award the cost of the petition. The stand of the petitioner is that he is permanent resident of State of U.P., he has opted for State of U.P., and now he has been finally allocated to State of U.P. by Union of India. In case, petitioner has been finally allocated to State of U.P., by Union of India, State of Uttarakhand may relieve the petitioner for State of U.P. at the earliest. With this direction, writ petition as well as interim relief application is finally disposed of. No order as of costs. (M.M. Ghildiyal, J.) 09.08.2007 SKS