IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No. 947(S/S)2006 Smt. Sunita Jain D/o late Sri Anant Prasad Jain, Working as Principal (In-charge), H.S.B.M., Jain Girls Inter College, Vikas Nagar, Dehradun. R/o Amar Vihar Chiranjipur, Vikas Nagar, Dehradun. …….Petitioner. Versus 1. State of Uttarakhand, through the Secretary, Secondary Education, Dehradun, 2. Director of Secondary Education, Uttarakhand Dehradun, 3. District Education Officer, Dehradun, 4. Management Committee, H.S.B.M., Jain Girls Inter College, Vikas Nagar, Dehradun, Through its Manager. …….Respondents. Sri C.K. Sharma, learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri. N.P. Sah, learned Standing Counsel for the State/respondents nos. 1 to 3. None for respondent no. 4. Hon’ble M.M. Ghildiyal, J. Heard Sri C.K. Sharma, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri N.P. Sah, learned Standing Counsel for the State of Uttarakhand/respondent nos. 1 to 3. On 17.07.2006 this Court passed order to issue notice to respondent no. 4 On 25th July 2007 steps were taken by the petitioner to serve notice upon respondent no. 4 through registered post, but none has put appearance on their behalf. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that he does not want to press the first relief made in the writ petition and the same may be deleted. Accordingly, the first prayer made in the writ petition is deleted. By the second prayer, the petitioner has prayed to issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding the respondent no. 4 to send the documents of the 2 petitioner relating to her temporary promotion on the post of Principal H.S.B.M., Jain Girls Inter College, Vikas Nagar, Dehradun for the approval of the District Education Officer Dehradun. Stand of the petitioner is that though, a resolution was passed by the Committee of Management to promote the petitioner on temporary basis on the post of Principal of the aforesaid Institution on 23.09.2003 and in pursuance of that resolution, she is continuing on the post of Principal. It is further submitted that the petitioner is going to be retired on 31st March 2007, but the respondent no. 4 has yet not send the resolution for approval of the District Education Officer, in spite of the order passed by the District Education Officer on 12th January 2005. In the facts and circumstances of the case, I deem it fit and proper to direct the respondent no. 4 to send the documents to the District Education Officer, Dehradun pertaining to the temporary promotion of the petitioner on the post of Principal of the aforesaid Institution for his approval within a period of two weeks from the date of production of a certified copy of this order. With these directions, the writ petition is finally disposed of. No order as to costs. Interim relief application no. 331 of 2007 also stands disposed of. (M.M. Ghildiyal, J.) March 15, 2007: NCM: