Uttarakhand High Court
WPSS/529/2024 on 14 October, 2025
Author: Manoj Kumar Tiwari
Bench: Manoj Kumar Tiwari
2025:UHC:9176
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WPSS/435/2024
With
WPSS/529/2024
Hon'ble Manoj Kumar Tiwari, J.
Mr. B.S. Koranga, Advocate for the
petitioners.
Mr. N.K. Papnoi, State Counsel for the
State.
Mr. Rakshit Srivastava, Advocate holding
brief of Mr. Ramji Srivastava, Advocate for the
Commission.
2. Since common questions of law and fact
are involved in these petitions, therefore they
are heard together and are being decided by a
common judgment. However, for the sake of
brevity, facts of Writ Petition No. 435 of 2025
(SS) alone are being discussed and considered.
3. Petitioner possesses requisite qualification
for appointment as Nursing Officer
(Male/Female) in Department of Medical Health
and also the Medical Education Department.
She is aggrieved by condition No. 7 mentioned
in advertisement dated 11.03.2024, which
provides that every candidate who applies for
the post of Nursing Officer must be below 42
years of age as on 01.07.2023.
4. Admittedly, petitioner had crossed upper
age limit on the date specified in the
advertisement. In Writ Petition No. 435 of 2024
2025:UHC:9176
(SS), petitioner has sought following reliefs:
"i-Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of
Certiorari calling for record and quashing the condition
number 07 (Age) of the advertisement dated 11th March
2024 issued by Uttarakhand Medical Service Selection
Board, Dehradun (Annexure No.-19 to the writ
petition), whereby the cut off 01-07-2022 has been
fixed for the determination of the upper age limit of the
Candidates for applying for participating in the Nursing
Officer (Female/Male) Examination-2024.
ii-Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of
Mandamus directing the Respondent Uttarakhand
Medical Service Selection Medical Board Dehradun to
issue Necessary corrigendum to the Advertisement
dated 11th March 2024 (Annexure No.-19 to the Writ
Petition), by providing the relaxation in upper age limit
in favor of the Petitioner who had earlier applied for the
same vacancies in pursuant to the advertisement dated
12th December, 2020 and 2nd February 2021 by fixing
the cutoff date for determination of upper age limit as
provided in the said advertisements i.e. 1-7-2020
iii. Issue a Writ, order or direction in the nature
of Mandamus directing the Respondents to permit the
Petitioner to participate in the selection of Nursing
Officers Examination-2024, pursuant to the
advertisement issued 11th March 2024 inasmuch as the
vacancies which were advertised 12th December, 2020
and 2nd February, 2021 by UBTER has been re-
advertised by the Uttarakhand Medical Service
Selection Board, Dehradun By the Impugned
Advertisement, 11th March 2024 (Annexure N0 19 to
the writ petition.
5. Learned counsel for petitioner submits that
coordinate Bench of this Court has decided
identical issue in Writ Petition No. 483 of 2024
(SS) and other connected petitions, therefore,
these writ petitions also deserve to be decided in
terms of said judgment.
6. Mr. N.K. Papnoi, learned State Counsel
concedes that the issue involved in present writ
petitions is identical to the one decided by
2025:UHC:9176
coordinate Bench, therefore, submits that he has
no objection if these writ petitions are decided
in terms of the aforesaid judgment.
7. The writ petitions are, accordingly,
disposed of in terms of judgment dated
25.08.2025 rendered in Writ Petition No. 483 of
2024 (SS).
8. Pending application(s), if any, also stand
disposed of.
(Manoj Kumar Tiwari, J.)
14.10.2025
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Date: 2025.10.14 19:01:08 +05'30'
