IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No. 454 of 2008 (S/S) Ram Swaroop Singh Rawat, Son of Shri B.S.Rawat, Resident of Lane No. 1, House No. 12, Mata Mandir Road, Ajabpur Kalan, Dehradun. …… Petitioner. Versus State of Uttarakhand through Secretary, Health,Civil Secretariat, Uttarakhand, Dehradun and another. …Respondents. Sri Shivam Sharma, learned counsel for the petitioner. Sri K.P.Upadhyay, learned Additional C.S.C. for the State-respondents. Date June 17, 2008. Hon’ble B.S.Verma, J. (Interim Relief Application) Sri Shivam Sharma, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri K.P.Upadhyay, learned Additional C.S.C. for the State- respondents. This writ petition has been filed for following reliefs:- i. Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding the respondent no. 2 to send the necessary documents to the office of respondent no.1 for due promotion of petitioner from the post of Officer Incharge (Pharmacy) to the post of Deputy Director (Pharmacy) in the department. ii. Pass any other and further orders, which this Hon’ble Court may deem fit and proper in the facts and circumstances of the case. iii. Award cost of writ petition to the petitioner. Learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel for the State has submitted that the writ petition may be disposed of finally today itself, without inviting counter affidavit from the respondents-State. 2 The grievance of the petitioner is that the State Government vide G.O. dated 22nd May 2008 (Annexure No. 1)directed the Director General, Medical, Health and Family Welfare, Uttaranchal, Dehradun to send the proposal for promotion of the eligible employees, who are under the zone of consideration and to send their relevant documents. Learned counsel for the petitioner has contended that the petitioner is working on the post of Incharge Officer (Pharmacy) in Doon Hospital, Dehradun and he is going to retire on 30th June 2008 from service. A period of more than three weeks has already expired from the date of issuance of the Government Order under reference but the proposal was not sent for promotion despite the fact that the proposal was required to be sent within a period of one week. In the facts and circumstances of the case coupled with the fact that the petitioner is going to be retired from service on 30- 6-2008, the respondent no. 2 is directed that, if the petitioner is under the zone of consideration for promotion, the proposal be sent to the Government within a period of one week from the date of production of certified copy of this order. With the above direction, the writ petition is disposed of finally. ( B.S.Verma, J. ) RCP 3 4