THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL WRIT PETITION (S/B) NO.498 OF 2025 Suryansh Tiwari. …… Petitioner Vs.

State of Uttarakhand and another. ……Respondents Presence:

Mr. Abhijay Negi, learned counsel for the petitioner.

Mr. K. N. Joshi, learned Deputy Advocate General for the State of Uttarakhand.

Mr. B. D. Kandpal and Mr. Pankaj Miglani, learned counsel for respondent no.2.

Judgment reserved on: 09.12.2025 Judgment delivered on: 18.12.2025 Coram: Hon’ble Ravindra Maithani, J.

Hon’ble Alok Mahra, J.

Hon’ble Alok Mahra, J. (Per)

Petitioner has approached this Court, seeking the following reliefs:

“i). Issue a writ, order or direction, in the nature of certiorari, quashing the final result dated 31^st October 2025 (Annexure-4) issued by the Respondent Commission, to the extent it denies the Petitioner marks for Questions No. 120, 132, 145, and 158, and wrongly drops Question No. 129 of Answer Booklet-A.

ii. Issue a writ, order or direction, in the nature of mandamus, commanding the Respondent Commission to award the Petitioner one mark each for the correct answers to Questions No. 120, 132, 145, 158 and 129, totaling 5 (Five) additional marks and 1 additional marks for the wrong deduction o