HIGH COURT OF UTTARANCHAL AT NAINITAL. Writ petition No. 520(S/S) 2004 Avdesh Kumar S/o Sri Ram Bharose, And twenty four others. ….Petitioners. Vs. Union of India, through Secretary, And three others. ….Respondents. Sri Lokpal Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner. Learned Senior Standing Counsel for Union of India. Hon’ble M.M. Ghildiyal, J.: The petitioners are the employees of P.A.C. holding various posts in 40th Battalion, Haridwar. The petitioners have filed this writ petition for a direction to the respondents to take final decision on the options submitted by them. Heard Sri Sandeep Kumar, holding brief of Sri Lok Pal Singh learned counsel for the petitioners, Sri Ashok Agarwal learned Standing Counsel for Union of India/respondent no. 1 and 4, learned Standing Counsel for State of Uttaranchal, and Smt. Beena Pandey, learned Standing Counsel for respondent no.3. Counsel for the petitioners has submitted that prior to the creation of State of Uttaranchal, the petitioners have submitted their options for State of Uttar Pradesh, however, later on they have moved applications for withdrawal of the said options and requested the authorities to accept their options in favour of State of Uttaranchal as they are the permanent resident of State of Uttaranchal. The applications of the petitioners were forwarded by the Deputy Inspector General of Police/Commandant 40th battalion of P.A.C., Haridwar to Inspector General Karmic, Uttaranchal Police Headquarter, Dehradun. The petitioners have submitted that no action has been taken on the applications of the petitioners till date. In the circumstances, it is provided that the petitioners shall move fresh applications before the respondent no.2 giving all the particulars i.e. they have opted for State of Uttaranchal and that they have moved the earlier option in favour of State of U.P. and shall also indicate the date when their options for State of Uttaranchal were 2 recommended by the Deputy Inspector General of Police/Commandant 40th Battalion, P.A.C., Haridwar within a period of ten days from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order and if the respondent finds the particulars given are correct, he will decide the same and shall recommend the matter to the Union of India for final decision on the options within a period of one month from the date of receipt of the fresh applications of the petitioners. Union of India shall decide the issue as early as possible. With these directions, the writ petition is finally disposed of. May 22, 2004: (M.M. Ghildiyal, J.) NCM: