IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No. 469 of 2008 (S/S) Sandhya Bhatt D/o Sri J.D. Bhatt R/o C/o Rural Development Project, Roorkee, District Haridwar. . Petitioner ...………… [ Versus 1. State of Uttarakhand through Secretary Women Integration and Child Development Uttarakhand, Dehradun. 2. Director, women Integration and Child Development, Uttarakhand, Dehradun. 3. State of U.P. through Secretary Women Integration and Child Development U.P. ...…………. Respondents Mr. Subhash Upadhyaya, learned counsel for the petitioner. Mr. N.P. Sah, Standing Counsel for respondents No. 1 and 2. Mrs. Bina Pande, Standing Counsel for respondent No. 3. Hon’ble Prafulla C. Pant, J. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner. 2) By means of this writ petition, the petitioner has sought writ in the nature of certiorari, quashing the order dated 08.11.2000, whereby two increments were permanently stopped and censure entry was awarded to the petitioner. 2 3) Brief facts of the case are that the petitioner, who was a Mukhya Sewika in the Child Development Department, committed disobedience of the transfer order passed relating to her. Consequently, she was placed under suspension and departmental enquiry was initiated against her. At the conclusion of the departmental enquiry she was terminated from service. However, she preferred a departmental appeal. In said appeal, the termination order was set aside and in its stead, two increments were stopped and censure entry was given. Apart from this, she was not paid any amount except subsistence allowance for the period of suspension. 4) This writ petition is being filed after seven years of the impugned order dated 08.11.2000, passed in the departmental appeal. There is no explanation of such a long delay in filing the writ petition challenging the order. 5) Therefore, the writ petition is dismissed summarily. (Interim Relief Application No. 3631 of 2008 also stands dismissed). (Prafulla C. Pant, J.) [ Dt. June 19, 2008. H.Negi