IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No. 184 of 2008 (S/S) Constable No. 172, C.P. Vijay Kumar S/o Sri Raj Singh Yadav R/o Village Kapuri, Govind Pur, Post Office Majhol, Jabardastpur, Tehsil Devbandh, District Saharanpur. …………… Petitioner Versus 1. State of Uttarakhand through Secretary Home, Civil Secretariat, Dehradun. 2. Deputy Inspector General of Police, Garhwal Region, Dehradun. 3. S.S.P. Haridwar. ………….. Respondents Mr. S.K. Mandal, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. N.P. Sah, Standing Counsel for the respondent State. Hon’ble Prafulla C. Pant, J. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Standing Counsel for the respondents. 2) By means of this writ petition, the petitioner has sought writ in the nature of mandamus directing respondent No. 2 to decide the departmental appeal filed by him in July 2007. 3) The petitioner is a police constable, who was removed from service by the Senior Superintendent of Police, Haridwar. The appeal appears to have been pending before respondent No.2, Deputy Inspector General of Police, Garhwal Region, Dehradun. 4) Having heard submissions of learned counsel for the parties, since prayer made in the writ petition for early disposal of departmental appeal is innocuous, this writ petitioner is summarily disposed of with the direction to the appellate authority, with whom the appeal of the petitioner is pending, to decide the same as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of three months, provided the pending cooperates in the same. (Stay application stands disposed of, accordingly). (Prafulla C. Pant, J.) Dt. March 14, 2008. H.Negi