Judgment

S.B. Majmudar, J.-By an earlier order of this Court dated 5th May, 1997 this writ petition was ordered to be placed for final disposal. That is how it has reached final hearing before us. This petition under Article 32 of the Constitution of India is moved by way of public interest litigation by Uttarakhand Jan Morcha through its President and by one Jagmohan who is residents of Barakhan, Village IRA, situated in Almora district of U.P. The petition is filed against State of U.P. and Union of India. It is the case of writ petitioners that in the State of U.P. there are nine hill districts comprising of Almora, Pithoragarh, Pauri Garhwal, Chamoli, Tehri, Uttarkashi, Naini­tal, Dehra­dun and Haridwar and that people of this region, that is Uttarakhand, according to the petitioners, are judicially recognised as socially and educationally backward classes citizens, for support­ing this contention reliance is placed on two decisions of this Court in the case of State of Uttar Pradesh v. Pradip Tandon & Ors.1 and in the case of Anil Kumar Gupta v. State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors.2. It is their contention that as the residents of Uttarakhand region are recognised as socially and edu