HIGH COURT OF UTTARANCHAL AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No. 1232 of 2004 (SS) Smt. Basanti Rawat w/o Sri V.S. Rawat Principal, Govt. Girls Higher Secondary School, Kalsi, District Dehradun ........... Petitioner Versus 1. State of Uttaranchal through Secretary (Secondary Education) Dehradun. 2. Director of Education, Dehradun, District Dehradun 3. Regional Joint Director of Education, Garhwal Mandal, Pauri, District Pauri Garhwal. ......... Respondents Dated: 24.8.2006 Sri Rakesh Thapliyal, Advocate for the petitioner Standing Counsel for the respondents. Hon’ble Rajesh Tandon, J. Heard Sri Rakesh Thapliyal, counsel for the petitioner and Standing Counsel for the respondents. By the present writ petition, the petitioner has prayed for a writ of mandamus directing the respondents to grant notional promotion to the petitioner on the post of Principal in the Govt. Girls Intermediate college or to same other equivalent post w.e.f. the date when the junior incumbents were granted promotion and further all the notional benefits which are admissible. According to the petitioner she was initially appointed as a Lecturer in English through U.P. Public Service Commission by an appointment letter dated 27.7.1968. A seniority list was also issued by the respondent on 4.2.1998 in which the petitioner’s name find place at serial no. 62. A writ petition No. 405 (SS) of 2004, Smt. Basanti Rawat vs. State of Uttaranchal & others was filed by the petitioner before this Court, which was decided on 20.4.2004 and respondents were directed to decide the representation of the petitioner. The respondents decided the representation of the petitioner and was granted her promotion to the post of Principal vide order dated 28.6.2004. Now the grievance of the petitioner is that she is entitled to notional promotion from the date on which junior persons to her have been promoted. The petitioner has submitted that she approached the authorities concerned several times but they paid no heed to the representations of the petitioner. In view of the above, liberty is given to the petitioner to file a fresh representation to the appropriate authority within a month after receipt of the certified copy of this order, which shall be decided within a period of three months thereafter. Accordingly, writ petition is disposed of. Dated: 24.8.2006 Rajesh Tandon, J. *Dhyani 2