HIGH COURT OF UTTARANCHAL AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No. 72 of 2006 (S/S) Tej Ram s/o Sri Nathi Lal R/o Village Nakot Patti Gusain Tehsil Pratapnagar, District Tehri ………….. Petitioner Versus 1. State of Uttaranchal 2. Additional District Education Officer, Tehri Garhwal 3. Block Education Office, Tholdhar 4. Village Education Committee Nakot District Tehri Garhwal ……………... Respondents Sri H.M. Raturi, Advocate for the petitioner Sri Harendra Belwal, Advocate Brief holder for the respondents. Dated: 8.2.2006 Hon’ble Rajesh Tandon J. Heard Sri H.M. Raturi, counsel for the petitioner and Sri Harendra Belwal, Brief Holder for the respondents. Both the parties are agreed that the writ petition may be finally disposed of at this stage. By the present writ petition, the petitioner has prayed for a writ of mandamus directing the respondent no. 3 to consider the appointment of the petitioner on the post of Shiksha Mitra for Primary School, Nakot, Tehsil Tehri Garhwal. Briefly stated according to petitioner an advertisement was published in daily news paper Amar Ujala on 20.8.2005 for appointment of Shiksha Mitra in various schools in District Tehri Garhwal. The petitioner applied for appointment on the post of Shiksha Mitra in Primary School, Nakot. The village Education Committee, Nakot recommended the proposal of appointment of the petitioner as Shiksha Mitra and forwarded it to the Block Education Officer, Chham. The grievance of the petitioner is that he has all essential qualifications for the appointment of Shiksha Mitra but his case has not been considered as yet. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case the respondent no. 3 is directed to consider the candidature of the petitioner for his appointment on the post of Siksha Mitra in pursuance of the proposal sent by the Village Education Committee, Nakot, District Tehri Garhwal, within a month. Accordingly, the writ petition is allowed. No order as to costs. Rajesh Tandon J. Dated: 8.2.2006 *Dhyani