JUDGMENT :

RAKESH THAPLIYAL, J.

1. By the present writ petition, the petitioner is praying for the following reliefs:

“(1) a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents to grant salary of the post of Principal to the petitioner from the date when the petitioner took charge as officiating Principal in the institution i.e. 1-4-2019 as per the Law laid down by the Hon'ble Apex Court in SLP (C) No. 3088-3089 of 2020 (State of Uttarakhand vs. Mohan Chandra Pathak) and in the terms of the order dated 20-6-2012 passed by this Hon'ble court in Writ Petition No. 55 of 2011 Kanti Prasad Dadpuri vs. State and Others.

(2) a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents to grant the arrear of the salary of the post of principal to the petitioner from the date of appointment as officiating principal to till the date of granting pay scale of principal.

(3) a any other writ, order or direction which this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper in the facts and circumstances of the case.

(4) award cost of the petition to the Petitioner.”

2. As it appears from the reliefs, the petitioner is claiming salary for the post of Principal from the date