IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No. 1016 (SS) of 2010 Harish Chandra Pandey …Petitioner Versus State of Uttarakhand and others …Respondents Mr. Harendra Belwal, learned counsel present for the petitioner. Mr. Anil Kumar Bisht, learned brief Holder present for the State of Uttarakhand. Mr. J.C. Belwal, learned counsel present for the respondent nos. 3 and 4. Hon’ble Sudhanshu Dhulia, J. (Oral) Heard Harendra Belwal, learned counsel for the petitioner, Mr. Anil Bisht, learned brief Holder present for the State of Uttarakhand and Mr. J.C. Belwal, learned counsel for respondent nos. 3 and 4. The petitioner is working as Clerk in Mandi Samiti, Kashipur. According to the petitioner, there was always parity between the salary of a Clerk and Mandi Inspector. Learned counsel for the petitioner drawn attention of the Court towards the chart between the salary of a Clerk and Mandi Inspector for the last 40 years and states that both the cadres were getting same salary for the last 40 years but suddenly in the year 2010, the State Government has created disparity and revised the salary of Mandi Inspector but the petitioner is getting same salary. Learned counsel for Mandi Parishad admits this position and states that both the cadres were getting same pay scale and this change has come in the year 2010, which is unfair and unjust and there is no fault on the part of the Mandi Parishad as the recommendation of the Mandi Parishad has been sent to the State Government to maintain the parity. Learned standing counsel has not filed counter affidavit on behalf of the State Government. All the sam,e on the basis of these set of facts and particularly in view of the statement of the counsel representing Mandi Parishad, Kashipur by and large 2 accepting the claim of the petitioner, this petition is disposed of with a direction that if the petitioner moves a representation before the Secretary Agricultural, Government of Uttarakhand, who shall look into the representation of the petitioner and other similarly situated persons as well as the recommendation of the Mandi Parishad. In case the Secretary Agricultural, Government of Uttarakhand finds disparity between the Clerk and Mandi Inspector, the same may be looked into and appropriate orders be passed, within a period of eight weeks from the date a certified copy of this order is produced before him. The petitioner is at liberty to place entire record of the writ petition before the authority concerned while moving the representation. With the aforesaid observation, the writ petition is disposed of finally. No order as to costs. (Sudhanshu Dhulia, J.) Dated: 19.09.2011 VKG