2025:UHC:11568 SL. No. Date Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s order with Signatures COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS WPSS/595/2024 Hon’ble Manoj Kumar Tiwari, J. Mr. Sanjay Bhatt, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Narayan Dutt, Standing Counsel for the State. Mr. Rajesh Sharma, Advocate for the Corporation. 2. Petitioner is reportedly serving as Cook in Uttarakhand Forest Development Corporation, since 1995. Since his claim for regularisation is not being considered, therefore, he has approached this Court seeking the following reliefs: “i. Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents to consider claim of Petitioner for regular status in the Respondent corporation against the vacant posts occupied by him w.e.f. the date of their initial engagement and pay the consequential benefits. ii. Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents to pay the salary and other allowances to the Petitioner at par to the regular group "D" employees of the corporation in the principle of "equal pay for equal work" along with dearness allowance and arrears, till the Petitioner is given regular status.” 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that after serving for 30 long years, petitioner is also entitled for minimum of pay scale besides regularisation. 4. Learned State Counsel as well as counsel appearing for the Corporation submits that since 2025:UHC:11568 petitioner has sought a writ of mandamus and he has also made a representation, therefore writ petition can be disposed of with direction to the competent authority to take decision on the representation. 5. Counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner be permitted to make fresh representation. 6. The writ petition is, accordingly, disposed of with liberty to petitioner to make fresh representation. If petitioner makes representation within two weeks from today, Managing Director, Uttarakhand Forest Development Corporation shall take decision thereupon, as per law, within four months from the date of its making. (Manoj Kumar Tiwari, J.) 23.12.2025 Mahinder/