IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition (S/S) No. 171 of 2009 Pratap Singh and others ….Petitioners. Versus State of Uttarakhand and others …Respondents. Sri Amish Tiwari, Advocate present for the petitioners. Sri N.P. Sah, Standing Counsel present for the State of Uttarakhand. Hon’ble Sudhanshu Dhulia, J. (oral) Heard Sri Amish Tiwari, Advocate appearing on behalf of the petitioners as well as Sri N.P. Sah, Standing Counsel appearing for the State of Uttarakhand. The petitioners are C.P.Ed. trained teachers. Admittedly, C.P.Ed. is a certificate of training which was earlier given to those who were trained for physical training. This certificate has got nothing to do with actual classroom teaching in a primary school. In other words, the petitioners were “untrained” as a primary school teacher. The petitioners, however, secured appointment as primary school teachers though the grade which was given to them was of untrained teachers. During the course of employment, in the year 2000 the petitioners have completed B.T.C. training and since the completion of their training they are getting the scale of trained teachers. The case of the petitioners is that since they have been working since 1996, they have completed 10 years of service in the year 2006 and they are liable to get “selection grade”, which is liable to be given to a person who has completed 10 years of continuous service in a given grade of pay-scale. 2 The argument of the petitioners is totally misconceived inasmuch as the period of 10 years service will be calculated not from the year 1996 but from the year 2000 since when the petitioners have completed their B.T.C. training and were put in the grade of trained teachers. Therefore, the prayer of the petitioners is absolutely misconceived. Learned counsel for the petitioners has now stated that during the pendency of this writ petition, the petitioners have now completed 10 years of service on the regular grade prescribed to the trained teachers for getting selection grade. This fact has not been denied by the State counsel. As such, though the writ petition for the aforesaid prayer made by the petitioners is dismissed, it is directed that the Secretary, Education, Dehradun either himself or through the Director of Education, Dehradun shall consider the claim of the petitioners for selection grade and pass appropriate orders therein within three weeks from the date a certified copy of this order is produced before him, considering 10 years of continuous service since the petitioners were placed on the “trained grade” of teachers. With these observations, writ petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. (Sudhanshu Dhulia, J.) 8.3.2011 Avneet