WPSS/1863/2025
2025 Latest Caselaw 5399 UK

Uttarakhand High Court

WPSS/1863/2025 on 10 November, 2025

Author: Manoj Kumar Tiwari

Bench: Manoj Kumar Tiwari

                                                                                  2025:UHC:9857
              Office Notes,
             reports, orders
             or proceedings
SL.
      Date    or directions                    COURT'S OR JUDGE'S ORDERS
No.
             and Registrar's
               order with
               Signatures
                               WPSS No. 1863 of 2025
                               WPSS No. 1864 of 2025
                               WPSS No. 1865 of 2025
                               WPSS No. 1870 of 2025
                               WPSS No. 1872 of 2025
                               WPSS No. 1873 of 2025
                               Hon'ble Manoj Kumar Tiwari, J.

Mr. Nivesh Bahuguna, Advocate, holding brief of Mr. Niranjan Bhatt, Advocate for the petitioners.

2. Mr. Narayan Dutt, Standing Counsel for the State of Uttarakhand.

3. Since common questions of fact and law are involved in these petitions, therefore, these petitions are clubbed together and decided by this common judgment. However, for the sake of brevity and convenience, facts of WPSS No. 1863 of 2025 alone are being considered and discussed.

4. Petitioners are serving as Lecturer in different Government Intermediate Colleges in Garhwal Region.

5. According to the petitioner, he is entitled to benefit of Rule 13(i) & (ii) of Uttarakhand Government Servant Salary Rules, 2016, however, the said benefit has been denied to him. In this writ petition, petitioner has sought the following relief:-

"(i) Issue any suitable writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding and directing the respondent to decide/dispose the representation (Annexure no. 6) of the petitioner by a reasoned and speaking order within a stipulated time considering Rule 13(i) (ii) of Salary Rules, 2016 as well as in light of order dated 13.03.2024 passed by this Hon'ble Court in writ petition no. 391 of 2024 (S/S) Chandra Singh Chiral vs. State of Uttarakhand and Ors contained as Annexure no. 4 to this writ 2025:UHC:9857 petition. "

6. Learned State Counsel submits that petitioner has sought a writ of mandamus and he has also made a representation, but that representation is a joint one, along with several other lecturers. He submits that if petitioner makes fresh separate representation to the competent authority, the competent authority shall examine the claim of the petitioner and pass necessary orders, as per law.

7. The writ petitions are, accordingly, disposed of with liberty to petitioners to make separate fresh representations claiming benefit of Rule 13(i) & (ii) of Uttarakhand Government Servant Salary Rules, 2016 to Director, Secondary Education. If petitioners make separate representations within two weeks from today, Director Secondary Education shall examine petitioners' claim and pass necessary orders, as per law, within six months from date of presentation of representation with certified copy of this order.

(Manoj Kumar Tiwari, J.) 10.11.2025

Navin

NAVEEN DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, ou=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, 2.5.4.20=3be23325146e76a0642bdf4943fb90 46f487df006da82a131bb4e4403d3c0a15,

CHANDRA postalCode=263001, st=UTTARAKHAND, serialNumber=18167EEFB5CA8CFFD421A103 819DA875643AF56D653D095C6ED9A86DAA B21CE5, cn=NAVEEN CHANDRA Date: 2025.11.12 09:40:29 +05'30'