IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA. CWP No. 4235 of 2010. Decided on: July 24, 2010. Amit Gupta & anr. ….. Petitioners. Versus The Registrar, Co-operative Societies & anr. ….Respondents. Coram The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Kurian Joseph, Chief Justice The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Kuldip Singh, Judge. For the petitioners: Ms. Ranjana Parmar, Advocate. For the Respondents: Mr. R.K.Sharma, Sr. Addl. AG, for respondent No. 1. Mr. Ranjan Sharma, Advocate, for respondent No.2. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Justice Kurian Joseph, C.J. (oral) The Writ Petition has been filed mainly with the following prayer: “(i) That a writ of certiorari may kindly be issued and the impugned order dated 3.04.2010, passed by respondent No.1 may be quashed and set aside to the extent it deals with promotion policy of Officer Grade-1 category. The respondents may be directed to approve the proceedings of the D.P.C. held on 11.5.2010 and order dated 30.6.2010 may be quashed and set aside.” 2. Under Section 93 (1) (h), an appeal lies to the Government. Therefore, without expressing any opinion as to the merits of the case, this Writ Petition is disposed of as follows: The petitioners may file an appeal against the impugned order within one week from today, in which case, the same shall be treated to have been filed in time. Thereafter, the appellate authority shall dispose 2 of the appeal, with notice to the petitioners and the second respondent and any other affected party, within another two months. The petitioners will produce a copy of this judgment alongwith a copy of the Writ Petition before the appellate authority. 3. It will be open to the petitioners to move the appellate authority for appropriate interim orders, in which case, the authority shall consider the matter and pass appropriate orders. 4. With these observations, the Writ Petition is disposed of, so also the pending application(s), if any. Copy Dasti. (Justice Kurian Joseph), Chief Justice. July 24, 2010. ( Justice Kuldip Singh), (karan/vs) Judge.