IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARANCHAL AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No.213 (S/B) of 2005 Randhir Singh Mahipal, S/o Late Sri Hayat Singh, Cooperative Inspector (Class-II)/ Assistant Development Officer (Cooperative) Block Berinag, Post Berinag, District Pithoragarh ……. Petitioner Versus State of U.P. through Secretary, Cooperative, Civil Secretariat, Uttaranchal Dehradun and others ……..Respondents Sri R.P. Nautiyal, learned counsel for the petitioner. Learned standing counsel for the respondents. Hon’ble P.C. Verma, J. Hon’ble B.C. Kandpal, J. Dated: March 20, 2006 By means of this writ petition, the petitioner has prayed for writ of mandamus commanding the respondent authorities to promote the petitioner to the post of Cooperative Inspector (Class-I)/ADCO in the department w.e.f. the date from which the persons junior to the petitioner have been promoted to the post of Cooperative Inspector (Class-I) /ADCO. Today learned standing counsel submitted that the petitioner has been given the promotion in the year 2005. On the other hand, learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner was entitled for promotion from the year 2002. Keeping in view the facts and circumstances of the case, the respondent authorities are directed to give promotion to the petitioner if he is eligible to the post of Cooperative Inspector (Class-I)/ A.D.C.O., from the date when the persons juniors to the petitioners have been promoted and the selection grade to the petitioner shall also be paid payability of which of which is not disputed. With the aforesaid observation, the petition is disposed of finally. (B.C. Kandpal, J.) (P.C. Verma, J.) Rajeev Dang