HIGH COURT OF UTTARANCHAL AT- NAINITAL. Writ Petition No. 272 (S/S) of 2005 Rash Pal Singh, S/o Sri Gurdeep Singh Resident of Village – Manpur, Tehsil – Kashipur, District- Udham Singh Nagar. …….Petitioners. V e r s u s 1. Uttaranchal Road Transport Corporation, 117, Indiar Nagar, Dehradun, through it Managing Director. 2. Regional Manager, Uttaranchal Road Transport Corporation, Kumaon Region, Nainital. …….Respondents. Sri Lok Pal Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner. Sri A.N. Sharma, learned counsel for the respondents. Hon’ble M.M. Ghildiyal, J.: Heard Sri Lok Pal Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri A.N. Sharma, who has accepted notices on behalf of the respondents. Learned counsel for both the parties are agreed 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 respondent no. 2 to decide the petitioner’s appeal (annexure no. 7 to the writ petition) expeditiously. The petitioner applied for the appointment on the post of driver in UPSRTC. Petitioner has submitted application form along with certificate of schedule caste, which was issued by Tehsildar, Kashipur. Petitioner was selected for the post of Driver. On 09.06.2000, Assistant Regional Manager, Bhowali issued a show notice to the petitioner wherein it was stated that the caste certificate submitted by him was sent for verification to Tehsildar, Kashipur. However, the Tehsildar, Kashipur has submitted the report that the aforesaid caste certificate was not issued from his office. Petitioner has filed reply to the show cause notice. On 13.01.2003, petitioner’s services were terminated on the ground that the reply submitted to the show cause notice was not satisfactory. Against the order dated 13.01.2003 petitioner preferred an appeal before respondent no. 2 on 10.03.2003 which is still pending. Petitioner has confined his prayer that the appeal dated 10.03.2003 filed by him may be decided at the earliest. The prayer is innocuous. I direct the respondent no. 2 to decide the aforesaid appeal within a period four week from date of receipt of certified copy of this order. With this direction the writ petition is finally disposed of. (M.M. Ghildiyal, J.) March 17, 2005 S.K.Sharma