Uttarakhand High Court
WPSS/1096/2025 on 13 March, 2026
Author: Manoj Kumar Tiwari
Bench: Manoj Kumar Tiwari
2026:UHC:1694
Office Notes,
reports, orders
or proceedings
SL.
Date or directions COURT'S OR JUDGE'S ORDERS
No.
and Registrar's
order with
Signatures
WPSS/1096/2025
Hon'ble Manoj Kumar Tiwari, J
1. Mr. B.S. Negi, Advocate holding
brief of Mr. Shivanand Bhatt, learned
counsel for the petitioners.
2. Mr. G.S. Negi, learned Additional
C.S.C. for the State of Uttarakhand.
3. Petitioners were initially appointed
by direct recruitment as Junior Assistant
and thereafter they were promoted to
the post of Senior Assistant. Thereafter,
they were promoted as Assistant
Accountant and subsequently, their
services were absorbed in the Excise
Department on the post of Senior
Assistant vide order dated 18.02.2025.
4. By means of this writ petition,
petitioners have sought the following
reliefs:-
(i) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of
Certiorari calling for records and quashing the
impugned order dated 6.6.2025 (annexed as
Annexure No. 13 to this writ petition) passed by
respondent no. 2 whereby the respondent no. 2
has cance3lled the absorption order dated 18.2.2025 (annexed as Annexure No. 11 to this writ petition) which granted the absorption of the petitioners on the post of Senior Assistant.
(ii) Issue a writ order or direction in the nature of Mandamus directing the respondent not to disturb the services of the petitioners on the post of Senior Assistant in the Excise Department and permit the petitioners to continue on the post of Senior Assistant in the department of respondent no. 2 (Commissioner Excise, Uttarakhand).
(iii) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of Mandamus directing and commanding the 2026:UHC:1694 respondents to consider the representation dated 7.6.2025 (annexed as Annexure No. 14 to this writ petition) in the light of the Service Rules 2019.
5. After arguing for a while, learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioners have made representation against cancellation of their promotion to the post of Senior Accountant, therefore, the writ petition may be disposed of in terms of the prayer no. 3 in the writ petition.
6. Learned State Counsel submits that he has no objection if the writ petition is disposed of in terms of prayer made by learned counsel for the petitioner.
7. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of by directing the Competent Authority to take decision on petitioners' representation dated 07.06.2025, as per law, within six weeks from the date of presentation of certified copy of this order.
(Manoj Kumar Tiwari, J) 13.03.2026 Aswal NITI RAJ Digitally signed by NITI RAJ SINGH ASWAL DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, ou=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, 2.5.4.20=eacc6757ee7881e933ff8934f07477005aa85f9802a3a08b SINGH ASWAL 08d1369512ea30f3, postalCode=263001, st=UTTARAKHAND, serialNumber=44EB54CBF00B7698CB6F10C2CE3D26F5C22DACF4 F4610C1FE58A58531726FBB0, cn=NITI RAJ SINGH ASWAL Date: 2026.03.13 05:16:15 -07'00' 2026:UHC:1694