IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARANCHAL AT NAINITAL WRIT PETITION NO. 918 (SS) OF 2003 Bharat Singh, Aged about 26 years, S/o Late Deewan Singh, R/o Shivam Restaurant, Ajay Lal Sah Bazar, Mallital, Nainita. ……Petitioner. Versus 1. State of Uttaranchal, through Principal Secretary, Home Police, Uttaranchal Shasan, Dehradun. 2. Director General of Police, Uttaranchal, 12 Subhash Road, Dehradun. 3. Senior Superintendent of Police, Nainital. …….. Respondents. Dated: 29.03.2006 Hon’ble Rajesh Tandon, J. Heard Sri Subhash Upandhyay, Advocate for the petitioner and Standing Counsel for the respondents. By the present writ petition, the petitioner has prayed for a writ of mandamus commanding the respondents to give appointment to the petitioner under Dying in Harness Rules on the post of S.I. (M) according to his educational qualifications. Further prayer has been made for a writ of mandamus commanding the respondents to produce the record of the meeting/order dated 07.10.2002 to clarify whether any appointment has been made on the post of S.I. (M) after the issuance of the order dated 07.10.2002. Brief facts according to the petitioner are that his father Mr. Deewan Singh was posted and working as Head Constable under the respondent no. 3 and died during his service on 16.02.2001. After the death of his father, the petitioner, who is a post graduate (M.A.), on 09.01.2002 applied for appointment on compassionate ground under the Dying in Harness Rules. Thereafter, the petitioner filed various representations to the authorities to appoint him as S.I. (M). On 29.3.2003, the petitioner received a letter, by which the petitioner was informed that he is entitled to be appointed under the Dying in Harness Rules on the post of Constable only in view of the decision taken in the meeting held on 07.10.2002. The petitioner has submitted that the respondents have appointed one Sri Praveen Kumar, S/o late Sri Hayat Singh Dev on the post of S.I. (M) under the Dying in Harness Rules on 08.11.2002. The petitioner again submitted a representation dated 09.06.2003 to the respondent no.2 through respondent no. 3 by which, he has brought this fact to the knowledge of the respondent no.2, but till date, no order/communication has been received by the petitioner in this regard. The respondents have decided the said representations of the petitioner, where they have admitted that one Praveen Singh was sent for training on 08.11.2002 i.e. after the alleged date of passing of the order /policy guidelines dated 7th October, 2003. In view of the above, the respondents are directed to consider the case of the petitioner for the post of S.I. (M) as he has also requisite qualification for the said post within a period of two months from the date of production of the certified copy of the order. Writ petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. (Rajesh Tandon, J.) 29.03.2006 Rathour