IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARANCHAL AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No. 485 of 2003 (S/B) Smt. Champi Arya ......... Petitioner Versus The State of Uttaranchal & others ......... Respondents Mr. Manoj Tiwari, learned counsel for the petitioner. Mr. K.P. Upadhyaya, learned Standing Counsel for the State. Hon’ble P.C. Verma, A.C.J. Hon’ble M.M. Ghildiyal, J. By means of this writ petition, the petitioner seeks a writ of mandamus to command the respondent No. 1 to consider the case of the petitioner for promotion from the post of Deputy Director to the higher post available in Uttaranchal. Petitioner is a substantively appointed Deputy Director and senior most Deputy Director in Social Welfare Department. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that there is a vacancy for promotion to the higher post in the reserved category as the petitioner belongs to a reserved category and the petitioner is, otherwise, eligible fro promotion. Therefore, learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner is entitled to be considered for promotion. Learned Standing Counsel for the State has submitted that on account of non-allocation of cadre finally, the case of the petitioner is not being considered. The case of the petitioner has also not been considered for the reason of re-structuring of the Department as after the re-structuring of the department, the rule is to be amended suitably. Having regard to the facts of the case, we provide that the State Government shall take immediate steps for amending the rules suitably and after the amendment in the rules, petitioner shall be considered for promotion on ad-hoc basis as is being done by the Government in other departments till the final allocation is not made. 2 This entire exercise shall be completed within a period of one month from 13th May, 2004. With the aforesaid observations, the writ petition is disposed of finally. (M.M. Ghildiyal, J.) (P.C. Verma, A.C.J.) Dt. 21.04.2004 G