IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No. 820 of 2008 (S/S) Smt. Sadhna Garg W/o Sri Vijay Garg, R/o 511/1 Anand Vihar, Dharampur, Dehradun, District Dehradun. …………..Petitioner. Versus (1) State of Uttarakhand through Secretary Secondary and Intermediate Education, Dehradun. (2) Director, School Education, Uttarakhand, Mayur Vihar, Dehradun. (3) District Education Officer, Dehradun. (4) Principal, Phoolchand Nari Shilp Mandir Inter College, Dehradun. (5) Committee of Management, Phoolchand Nari Shilp Mandir Inter College, Dehradun, Through its Manger. ...……..Respondents. Sri D.S. Mehta, Advocate for the Petitioner. Sri N.P. Sah, Standing Counsel for the State-Respondents. Hon’ble Prafulla C. Pant, J. Heard learned counsel for the parties. By means of this writ petition, the petitioner has sought writ in the nature of mandamus commanding the respondents to consider the case of the petitioner (Smt. Sadhna Garg) for her promotion to the post of 2 Lecturer w.e.f. 30th June 2004, when the vacancy arose of Lecturer in Hindi in Phoolchand Nari Shilp Mandir Inter College, run by respondent no. 5 Committee of Management. Brief facts of the case are that the petitioner is working as an Assistant Teacher in LT Grade in aforesaid College since 08.07.1988. Her case is that on 30th June 2004, two posts of Lecturer in Hindi fell vacant, out of which one was to be filled by direct recruitment and another was to be filled by promotion. It is alleged by the petitioner that on 01.08.2006, two LT Grade Teachers, namely, Manju Rawat and Nisha Jain were promoted to the post of Lecturer in Chemistry and Lecturer in History respectively. It is further alleged that Ms. Mona Bali, who was junior to the petitioner is also promoted on 29.03.2007 as Lecturer in English. The petitioner has filed the writ petition stating that she has been arbitrarily discriminated, ignoring her seniority. Learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Standing Counsel during arguments agreed that this writ petition may be disposed of summarily directing the respondent no. 2 Director, School Education, Uttarakhand, to decide the representation dated 20th December 2007, made by the petitioner to said authority (copy of which is annexure 4 to the writ petition). 3 Having considered the submissions of learned counsel for the parties, in the above circumstances, this writ petition is summarily disposed of directing the respondent no. 2 Director, School Education, Uttarakhand, to decide the representation dated 20th December 2007, after giving opportunity of being heard to the respondent no. 5 and Ms. Mona Bali, alleged junior teacher said to have been promoted, within a period of three months from the date certified copy of this order is produced before such authority. (Stay Application No. 5144 of 2008 also stands disposed of). (Prafulla C. Pant, J.) Dt.11.08.2008 NS