IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL. Writ Petition No. 830(S/S)2004 1. Vijay Singh Panwar S/o Sri Magan Singh, Village Yavawala Shauda, P.O. Badashi, Dehradun, 2. Sukharam Singh S/o Sri Madan Singh, Village Kesharawala, P.O. Raipur, Dehradun, 3. Khem Singh S/o Sri Veer Singh, Village/P.O. Dwara Via Raipur, Dehradun, 4. Bharat Singh S/o Sri Itawar Singh, vill. Raipur, Upper Mohalla behind Ram Leela Maidan, District Dehradun. 5. Pancham Singh S/o Sri Radhey Shyam Singh, village Samoli, P.O. Dwara, Distt.Dehradun, 6. Hardeo Singh S/o Sri Govind Singh, village Samoli, P.O. Dwara, Distt. Dehradun ………..Petitioners. Versus 1. State of Uttarakhand through Secretary Sports & Youth, Welfare, Uttarakhand Shasan, Dehradun, 2. Director Sports, Directorate, Dehradun, 3. Principal, Sports College, Raipur, Dehradun, 4. District Magistrate, Dehradun, 5. Special Land Acquisition Officer, Dehrdun. ……………Respondents. Sri Ashok Agarwal, learned counsel for the petitioners, Sri N.P. Sah, learned Standing Counsel for State/respondents, Hon’ble M.M. Ghildiyal, J. Heard Sri Ashok Aggarwal, learned counsel for the petitioners and Sri N.P. Sah, learned Standing Counsel for State of Uttarakhand/respondents. By means of this writ petition, the petitioners have prayed for the following reliefs:- i. Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding and directing the respondents’ authorities to appoint the petitioner in the Directorate of Sports on the post of Peon, Ground Staff and Assistant Gardener in the pay-scale of Rs. 2550-3200 on the basis of the Advertisement dated 27.06.2004 published in Amar Ujala. ii Issue a writ, order or direction which this Hon’ble Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case, iii. Award the cost. Submission of the learned counsel for the petitioner is that the Land Acquisition Officer, Dehradun has acquired land of different persons situated at Raipur, Parwadon, Dehradun for establishment of Sports College, Raipur. The Director, Sports, Uttarakhand, Dehradun has issued an advertisement for appointment on the post of Peon, Ground Staff, Assistant Gardner and Sweeper in the Sports Department. Since the land belong to the petitioners has also been acquired for the aforesaid purpose, the petitioners are entitled to get appointment in accordance with the Govt. Orders, issued by the Govt. time to time. Raising all grievances, the petitioners have already moved representation before the District Magistrate, Dehradun on 3rd November 1997 and thereafter on 16th December 1998, which are annexed with the writ petition. Counsel for the petitioners confined his prayer that the respondents may be directed to take decision on their representations within the period prescribed by this Court. The prayer is innocuous. Accordingly, the district Magistrate, Dehradun or any other officer nominated by the District Magistrate, is directed to take decision on the representations of the petitioners moved by them on 3rd Nov. 1997 and 16th Dec. 1998 in accordance with law, within a period of two months from the date of production of a certified copy of this order. With these directions, the writ petition is finally disposed of. No order as to costs. (M.M. Ghildiyal, J.) March 21, 2007: NCM: