IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No. (SS) 1080 of 2011 Ved Prakash …Petitioner Versus Uttarakhand Transport Corporation and another ….Respondents Present : Mr. B. P. S. Mer, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. V. B. S. Negi, Advocate present for the respondents. Hon’ble Sudhanshu Dhulia, J. (Oral) Heard Mr. B. P. S. Mer, Advocate for the petitioner and Mr. V. B. S. Negi, Advocate present for the respondents. The services of the petitioners have been terminated. Learned counsel appearing for the Uttarakhand Transport Corporation Mr. V. B. S. Negi has pointed out that the appeal of the petitioner is pending before the statutory appellate authority since 2009. Counsel for the petitioner admits this position but has stated that though the appeal which is pending for a considerable period of time, nothing has been done with the appeal. On this admitted position of fact and in the interest of justice, this writ petition is disposed of with the direction to Appellate Authority to dispose of the appeal of the petitioner in accordance with law as expeditiously as possible but within a period of eight weeks from the date a certified copy of this order is received by it. Learned counsel appearing for the corporation Mr. V. S. B. Negi, also undertakes to inform the appellate authority about this order. 2 With these observations, the writ petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. (Sudhanshu Dhulia, J.) 23.08.2011 Kuldeep