IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARANCHAL AT NAINITAL. Writ Petition No. 1212 (S/S) of 2005 Amar Pal Singh, Son of Sri Maiku Lal, Resident of Village and Post – Bhundeli, P.S. – Kalan Tehsil, Jalalabad, District – Shajahanpur, U.P. …….Petitioner. V e r s u s. 1. State of Uttaranchal, through Principal Secretary, Home Affairs, Dehradun. 2. Director General of Police (Karmik), Police Head Quarter, Dehradun. 3. Inspector General of Police, Kumaon, Nainital. 4. Senior Superintendent of Police, Nainital. ………….Respondents. Hon’ble M.M. Ghildiyal, J. Heard Sri Udyog Shukla, learned counsel for the petitioner and learned standing counsel, who has accepted notices on behalf of respondents. Learned counsel for both the parties are agree to decide the writ petition at its admission stage itself. By means of this writ petition, the petitioner has prayed to issue a writ in the nature of Mandamus commanding the respondents to direct the respondent no. 3 to decide the Appeal filed by the petitioner against the order dated 22.06.1994 passed by respondent no. 4 – Senior Superintendent of Police, Nainital by which the services of the petitioner has been terminated and the appeal is still pending before Inspector General of Police, Kumaon, Nainital. During the course of argument, learned counsel for the petitioner has confined his prayer that respondent no. 3 may be directed to decide the petitioner’s appeal pending before him as expeditiously as possible. The prayer is innocuous. Respondent no. 3 i.e. Inspector General of Police, Kumaon, Nainital is directed to decide the petitioner’s appeal dated 24.08.1994 (Annexure No. 2 to the writ petition) within a period of six weeks from the date of production f certified copy of this order. With this direction the writ petition is finally disposed of. No order as to costs. (M.M. Ghildiyal, J.) August 25, 2005 SKSharma