IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No. (SS) 150 of 2011 Purnanand Joshi ….Petitioner Versus State of Uttarakhand and others …..Respondents Present : Mr. Rajeev Sharma, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. N. P. Sah, Standing Counsel for the State of Uttarakhand. Sudhanshu Dhulia, J. (Oral) Heard Mr. Rajeev Sharma, Advocate for the petitioner and Mr. N. P. Sah, Standing Counsel for the State of Uttarakhand. The petitioner has filed this writ petition claiming the salary between 4.11.2004 to 4.3.2006. The petitioner is an Assistant Teacher in a Primary School. Similarly situated teachers had earlier filed a writ petition being Writ Petition No. (S/S) 1581 of 2005, wherein orders were passed in their favour on 21.12.2005 asking the concerned authorities to release the said amount in their favour. Consequently, another similar writ petition was filed in the year 2009 being Writ Petition (SS) No. 358 of 2009 where relying upon the earlier order dated 21.12.2005 similar order was passed. The present petitioner is similarly situated. Though an objection has been raised by the respondents stating that the petitioner had not approached this Court in time and this Court was inclined to reject the claim of the petitioner initially but all the petitioner has placed before this Court is an order passed by a learned Single Judge of this Court in Writ Petition No. (S/S) 358 of 2009 which has been passed recently on 30.11.2009. Since a learned Single Judge of this Court has already given similar relief to other petitioner as recent as on 30.11.2009, it would be unfair not to interfere in the present matter and dismiss it on laches. 2 This writ petition is therefore disposed of with the direction that respondent No.3 shall make payment of the salary of the petitioner for the period 4.11.2004 to 4.3.2006 when he reported on duty in the office and till he actually joined his duties in the school allotted to him by respondent no.3. The salary will be paid within a period of three months from the date certified copy of this order is produced before the said authority. With these observations, this writ petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. (Sudhanshu Dhulia, J.) 19.07.2011 Kuldeep