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2026 Supreme(UK) 249

HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL
SUBHASH UPADHYAY
Manoj Kumar – Appellant
Versus
State of Uttarakhand – Respondent


Advocates Appeared:
For the Petitioner: Mr. Anil Kumar Joshi, learned counsel.
For the Respondents: Mr. Navin Tewari, Brief Holder, Mr. S.S. Negi, learned counsel holding brief of Mr. B.S. Negi, learned counsel.

Table of Content
1. petition seeks salary from 2014 grant-in-aid. (Para 1 , 2 , 3)
2. section 50 mandates state salary liability. (Para 4)
3. dispute over token grant and post sanction. (Para 5 , 6 , 7 , 8)
4. appointment valid; salary date at issue. (Para 9 , 10)
5. precedent invalidates token grant practice. (Para 11 , 12 , 13 , 14)
6. 2014 go created posts; grant restored. (Para 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20)
7. state liable for arrears from 2014. (Para 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25)

JUDGMENT :

Subhash Upadhyay, J.

Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State of Uttarakhand.

2. This writ petition has been filed with the following prayers:

“i) Issue a writ order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding the respondents to pay the salary to the petitioner from the date of including the school S.R.D. Bahuguna Inter College, Sevelakala, Dehradun under the Grant-In-Aid i.e. 28.2.2014.

ii) Issue any other or further writ, order or direction which this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case.

iii) To award the cost of the petition in favour of the petitioner.”

3. The facts narrated in the writ petition are as follows:

The petitioner was a

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