IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No. 718 (S/S) of 2004 Pooran Ram. …………Petitioner. Versus State of Uttarakhand through Secretary, Forest, Government of Uttarakhand, Dehradun and others. ……… Respondents. Sri B.D. Upadhyay, learned counsel for the petitioner. Sri H.M. Raturi, learned Standing Counsel for the State of Uttarakhand. Dated : May 22, 2008 Hon’ble P.C. Verma, J Heard Sri B. D. Upadhyay, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri H.M. Raturi, learned Standing Counsel for State of Uttarakhand on behalf of the respondents. 2. The facts as narrated in the writ petition are that petitioner is a scheduled caste candidate and has passed High School Examination. Petitioner is working as Daily Wage Labour in the Forest Department w.e.f. 15.11.1988. In compliance of Hon’ble Supreme Court’s order passed in the case of State of U.P. Vs. Putti Lal, the State of Uttarakhand framed “Uttaranchal Forest Department Regularization (on Group “D” Posts) of Daily Wages Appointment Rules 2003”, which provides that any person who was directly appointed on daily wage basis on a Group D post in the Forest Department before June 29,1991 and is in continuing on the date of commencement of the Regularization Rules, 2003 and possess requisite qualification for regular appointment for the post at the time of appointment on daily wages shall be considered for regular appointment by the State Level Selection Committee. In this regard, petitioner has submitted various representations to the respondents but respondents have paid no heed. 3. In the facts and circumstances stated above, respondents shall consider the case of the petitioner for regularization, in terms of Uttaranchal Forest Department Appointment of Daily Labourers on Group “D” Posts Regularization Rules 2003” if any person similarly situated like the petitioner has been regularized. 4. With this direction, writ petition is disposed of finally. No order as to costs. (P.C. Verma, J) SKS