JUD

Judgment reserved on -19.09.2025

Judgment delivered on – 07.10.2025

HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL

Writ Petition (S/S) No. 293 of 2025

Gopi Chand and others

........Petitioners

Versus

State of Uttarakhand and others .….Respondents

Present:-

Mr. Vinay Kumar, Advocate for the petitioners.

Mr. S.N. Babulkar, Advocate General assisted by Mr. Ganesh Kandpal,

Deputy Advocate General for the State.

Mr. Shailendra Nauriyal, Advocate for the Uttarakhand Subordinate

Service Selection Commission.

Hon’ble Ravindra Maithani, J.

The challenge in this petition is made to the provisional

recommendation list dated 09.02.2025 (“provisional recommendation list”) made by the respondent no. 5, the Uttarakhand Subordinate Service Selection Commission (“the Commission”). The petitioners seek revision of the provisional recommendation list in accordance with Rule 6 and Rule 15(6) of the Uttarakhand Subordinate Education (Trained Graduate Grade) Service Rules, 2014 (“the 2014 Rules”) as well as according to sub-section (6) of Section 3 of the Uttar Pradesh Public Services (Reservation for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes

and Other Backward Classes) Act, 1994 (“the 1994 Act”).

2. Heard learned counsel for the pa