IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition (S/S) No. 1513 of 2011 Chandra Shekhar Kandpal ...Petitioner. Versus State of Uttarakhand and others …Respondents. Present : Mr. D. K. Joshi, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Anil Bisht, Brief Holder for the State of Uttarakhand. Hon’ble Sudhanshu Dhulia, J. (Oral) 1. Heard Mr. D. K. Joshi, Advocate for the petitioner and Mr. Anil Bisht, Brief Holder for the State of Uttarakhand. 2. The petitioner is a Headmaster in a Government Primary School Chaursau, Block Garur, District Bageshwar. The sole contention of the petitioner is that he has been denied his salary for last two months (i.e. September and October). The apprehension has been given by the petitioner for denying the salary is that there is a complaint against him that he has not procured “Health Board” from the concerned department and which amounts to negligence. Prima facie, this appear to be only a petty matters for which salary of a government employee should not be ordinarily stopped, unless there are other reasons for the Government. 3. Learned Brief Holder Mr. Anil Bisht has very fairly submitted that the writ petition be disposed of at this stage itself with relevant direction to the concerned authorities. 4. With the above facts, the District Education Officer, Bageshwar respondent no.3 is hereby directed to dispose of the representation of the petitioner, which shall be filed forthwith before the concerned authority. In case, such a representation filed by the petitioner regarding the release of his salary, same shall be decided by the concerned authorities 2 (i.e. District Education Officer, Bageshwar) within a period of three weeks. 5. No order as to costs. (Sudhanshu Dhulia, J.) 8.11.2011 Kuldeep