IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARTANCHAL AT NAINITAL WRIT PETITION NO. 1639 (SS) OF 2003 (Old No. 4644/1999) Basant Kumar Khanduri, Aged about 41 years, S/o late Sri Gopal Dutt Khanduri, R/o Srinagar Garhwal, District – Pauri Garhwal. ………..Petitioner. Versus 1. The Registrar U.P. Cooperative Societies, Lucknow. 2. The Managing Director, U.P. Cooperative Bank, Lucknow. 3. The Secretary-cum-General Manager, Distt. Coop. Bank Kotdwara, District Pauri Garhwal. …………Respondents. Sri Subhash Upadhyay, Advocate for the petitioner. Learned Standing Counsel for the respondents. Dated: 28.03.2006 Hon’ble Rajesh Tandon, J. By the present writ petition, the petitioner has prayed for a writ of mandamus directing the opp. Party to declare the petitioner as senior and make the payment of the dues of difference of salary to the petitioner. At the time of the filing of the writ petition on 18.09.1999 following interim order was passed:- “Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Standing Counsel for opposite party No.1. Let notices be issued to opposite parties No. 2 and 3 returnable at an early date. The opposite parties may file their counter affidavits within four weeks. Rejoinder, if any, may be filed within a week thereafter. List in the third week of November, 1999. In the meantime, the petitioner shall be paid his salary in pursuance of the Registrar’s order dated August 19, 1997 as contained in Annexure-10.” Without entering into the merit of the controversy, the writ petition is disposed of in terms of the interim order dated 17.09.1999. No order as to costs. (Rajesh Tandon, J.) 28.03.2006 Rathour