IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition (S/S) No. 167 of 2005 Rajpal Singh …….Petitioner. Versus State of Uttaranchal and others …Respondents. None appears for the petitioner. Mr. N.P. Sah, Standing Counsel present for the State of Uttarakhand. Hon’ble Sudhanshu Dhulia, J. (oral) List revised. Case called out twice. None appears for the petitioner. It is an old matter pertaining to the year 2005 and therefore looking at the pendency of the matter which is now for a period of more than five years, the writ petition and counter affidavit have been perused and the matter is being finally decided. The petitioner is working as a clerk in Cooperative Cane Development Society Ltd., Dehradun. He claims that he has been discharging the functions of Accountant since 1994 and he has all the qualifications of Accountant and, therefore, he is liable to be promoted on the post of Accountant. His repeated reminders to the concerned authorities for promoting him on the post of Accountant have been in vain, hence the present writ petition. A primary objection has been raised by the State and the other respondents regarding the maintainability of the writ petition itself in as much as the petitioner is an employee of a Primary Agricultural Cooperative Society, which is situated in Dehradun and it has neither any share of the Government nor has it any deep or pervasive control by the Government. However, this fact has not been controverted by the petitioner in form of rejoinder affidavit nor the counsel for the petitioner is 2 present before this Court, however, on merit itself the petitioner has no case in as much as the petitioner has been officiating on the post of Accountant and has no indefeasible right to be promoted as such on the post of Accountant. However, this Court hopes and trusts that in future as and when the promotion on the post of Accountant will be made, the petitioner will be considered in accordance with law. With the aforesaid observations, writ petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. Interim order, if any, stands vacated. Since none has appeared for the petitioner, the Registry is directed to send a copy of this order free of cost at the address of the petitioner. (Sudhanshu Dhulia, J.) 19.2.2011 Avneet