IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL WRIT PETITION (S/B) NO.499 OF 2025 Shashank Pant. …… Petitioner Vs.

Uttarakhand Public Service Commission & another. …..Respondents Presence:

Mr. Vinay Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioner.

Mr. B.D. Kandpal and Mr. Pankaj Miglani, learned counsel for the respondent.

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 calling for the record and quashing the impugned Final Answer Key (Annexure No10 to the writ petition) of Examination-2023, so far as the Selection Commission has deleted Question No. 55 of Question Booklet Series-C inasmuch as the answer given by the Petitioner for the said question is correct and accordingly revise the marks allotted to the Petitioner.

(ii) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of Certiorari calling for the record and quashing the impugned Final Answer Key (Annexure No.10 to the writ petition) of Examination-2023 so far as it pertains to Question No. 60, 71 and 76 of