HI GH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAI NI TAL

Writ Petition Service Bench No. 258 of 2021

11 August, 2025

UJVN Limited & another --Petitioners

Versus

Sunil Thakur & others --Respondents

With

Writ Petition Service Bench No. 54 of 2021

11 August, 2025

Girish Kumar --Petitioner

Versus

State of Uttarakhand & others --Respondents -------------------------------------------------------------------

Presence:-

Mr. Vinay Kumar, Advocate for the petitioners in WPSB No. 258 of 2021 and Mr. Yashpal Singh, Advocate, holding brief of Mr. Neeraj Garg,

Advocate for petitioner in WPSB No. 54 of 2021

Mr. K.N. Joshi, Deputy Advocate General with Mr. Sushil Vashistha,

Standing Counsel for the State of Uttarakhand.

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JUDGMENT

Petitioners have challenged judgment dated

24.12.2020 rendered by Uttarakhand Public Services Tribunal, Dehradun in Claim Petition No. 33/DB/2019. Since the same judgment is under challenge in both the writ petitions and grounds are also the same, therefore both the petitions are being heard and decided together

by this common judgment. However, for the sake of brevity, facts of Writ Petition (S/B) No. 258 of 2021 alone are being considere