HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No. 236 of 2009 (S/S) Girish Chandra Chamoli S/o late Sridhar Prasad Chamoli, Surveyor, Mussoorie Dehradun Development Authority, Dehradun, District- Dehradun. … Petitioner. Versus State of Uttarakhand and two others. … Respondents Mr. Ganesh Kandpal, Advocate for the petitioner, Mr. M.C. Tewari, Addl. C.S.C. for the State, Mr. B.D. Uppadhyay, Advocate for respondent nos. 2 & 3. Dated: March 6, 2009: Hon’ble V.K. Bist, J. Heard learned counsel for both the parties. This writ petition has been filed by the petitioner with the prayer to issue a writ in the nature of mandamus commanding the respondents to provide pay scale of Trained Surveyor to the petitioner in accordance with the Govt. Order dated 15.02.1990 from the date of his appointment on the post of Surveyor. It is further prayed that the respondents may be directed to grant selection grade and promotional pay scale to the petitioner in accordance with law. During the course of arguments learned counsel for the petitioner confined his prayer to the extent that the respondent no.1 may be directed to decide his representation, which has been forwarded by respondent no.3 to respondent no.1 on 19.03.2008 (annexure no.7 to the writ petition), within the period prescribed by this Court. Counsel for respondents have no objection to the same. 2 The prayer is innocuous. Accordingly, the respondent no.1 is directed to decide the representation of the petitioner (copy of which is contained as annexure no. 7 to the writ petition) by speaking order preferably within a period of four months from the date of production of a certified copy of this order. It is further directed that while considering the representation of the petitioner the respondent will also take into account the relevant Govt. Orders issued in this regard. With these directions, the writ petition is finally disposed of. No order as to costs. (V.K. Bist, J.) 06.03.2009 NCM: