IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition (S/S) No. 248 of 2004 Chandi Prasad Raturi …….Petitioner. Versus Registrar, Co-operative Societies & others ……Respondents. Mr. D.S. Bisht, Advocate holding brief of Mr. Rakesh Thapliyal, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. N.P. Sah, Standing Counsel for the State of Uttarakhand. Hon’ble Sudhanshu Dhulia, J. (Oral) Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Standing Counsel for the State of Uttarakhand. It has been brought to the notice of this Court that during the pendency of the Writ Petition, the State of Uttarakhand has formed its own Cooperative Federation known as the “Uttarakhand State Cooperative Federation Limited”, which is not a party before this Court. Therefore, before this Court adjudicate upon this matter, the petitioner was directed to implead the Uttarakhand State Cooperative Federation Limited as respondent no. 3, who has now been impleaded as respondent no. 3. The petitioner has filed this Writ Petition claiming promotion to a higher pay-scale of Rs. 8,000 – 13,500 to the post of Store Officer. The petitioner is presently working as a store keeper and claims that he is liable to be given a pay-scale of Store Officer. In order to assert this claim the petitioner has relied upon certain provisions of law applicable in his case. He is also claiming parity with the Engineer Cadre of the Cooperative Federation. The stand of the U.P. Cooperative Federation before this Court is that the post on which the petitioner is claiming promotion has since been abolished. The petitioner, on the other hand, states that it is incorrect to state that the post of Store Officer has been abolished. The petitioner contends that the order relied upon by the respondents i.e. the order of the Registrar, Cooperative Society is illegal inasmuch as the Registrar, Cooperative Society had no power to abolish the post of Store Officer. 2 On these set of facts, it is hereby directed that the petitioner shall make a representation before the Managing Director of the Uttarakhand State Cooperative Federation Limited i.e. respondent no. 3 raising his claim. In case such a representation is filed before respondent no. 3 within six weeks from today alongwith a certified copy of this order, the same shall be disposed of by the Managing Director, Uttarakhand State Cooperative Federation Limited within a period of further six weeks. With these observations, Writ Petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. (Sudhanshu Dhulia, J.) 11.8.2010 Avneet