THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition (S/S) No. 1174 of 2011 Sunil Kunwar S/O Sri Krishna Chandra Arya. … Petitioner. Vs. State of Uttarakhand and two others. …Respondents. Mr. Bhagwat Mehra, Advocate, learned counsel for the petitioner. Mr.Sushil Vashistha, Brief Holder, learned counsel for the respondents. Date September 09, 2011. Hon’ble B.S.Verma, J. (Miscellaneous Application No. 9347 of 2011) Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the record. By means of this writ petition, the petitioner has sought a writ in the nature of mandamus commanding the respondents to consider and appoint the petitioner on suitable post in the Department on compassionate ground along with all consequential benefits. The grievance of the petitioner is that his mother Smt. Mohani Devi was an employee of education department and was serving on the post of Head Mistress, Government Primary School Bhatora, P.O. Binta, Block Dwarahat, District Almora, who died in harness on 22-4-1985. The petitioner claims appointment in the education department on compassionate ground of in service death of his mother. Some correspondence was made between the petitioner and the department in that regard and the representation was lastly made by the petitioner on 7-7-2011, which is pending for disposal before the Director of Education, Uttarakhand, Dehradun-respondent no.2. In the above facts and circumstances, the respondent no. 2 is directed to take a decision on the representation dated 7-7-2011 (Annexure No. 9 to the writ petition) made by the petition in accordance with law, expeditiously within a period of eight weeks from the date of production of a certified copy of this order. With the above direction, the writ petition is disposed of finally. All pending applications also stand disposed of. (B.S.Verma,J.) RCP