IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No.263 of 2006 (S/S) Smt. Shushila Barthwal ………..Petitioner Versus State of Uttarakhand and others …….Respondents Shri Virendra Kaparwan, learned counsel for the petitioner. Shri Vinay Kumar, learned Standing Counsel for the State. Dated: 7th October, 2010 Hon’ble V.K. Bist, J. Heard learned counsel for the parties. 2. By means of this writ petition, the petitioner has sought direction to the respondents to give him Parents Teacher Association pay scale alongwith other benefits as is being given to the similarly situated Assistant Teachers. Further direction has been sought for treating the Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.) degree from Rastriya Patrachar Sansthan, Kanpur U.P. equivalent to the Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.) from the recognized University of the State. 3. Before advancing arguments on merit, the learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that he is confining his prayer for a direction to the respondents to decide his representation. He submitted that though the petitioner has submitted a representation before the authorities concerned, but he wants to file detailed 2 representation, bringing all facts to the notice of the respondent authorities. The learned Standing Counsel for the State, Shri Vinay Kumar states that the respondents have no objection, in case such direction is issued. 4. In view of above statement of the learned counsel for the parties and also in the interest of justice, the petitioner is permitted to file a fresh representation before the Secretary, Education, Government of Uttarakhand within a period of three weeks from today. In case such representation is filed, the Secretary, Education, Government of Uttarakhand, shall decide the same expeditiously, preferably within a period of three months from the date of production of certified copy of the order. 5. Stay application (CLMA No.6966 of 2006) and Miscellaneous application (CLMA No.8530 of 2010) stand disposed of. (V.K. Bist, J.) Arpan 07.10.2010