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IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL

Writ Petition (S/B) No.427 of 2025

Aruna Saini …… Petitioner

Vs.

State of Uttarakhand and Another ……Respondents

Presence:

Mr. Dushyant Mainali, learned counsel for the petitioner.

Mr. B.S. Parihar, learned Addl. C.S.C. for the State.

Mr. Pankaj Miglani, learned counsel for respondent no.2.

Coram: Hon’ble Ravindra Maithani, J.

Hon’ble Alok Mahra, J.

Hon’ble Alok Mahra, J. (Oral)

Respondent No. 2/U.P.S.C. issued an advertisement

dated 13.10.2023 inviting applications for 18 posts of Principal (Grade-II) in Government Industrial Training Institutes. Out of the total 18 advertised posts, 9 posts were unreserved, 5 posts were reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Caste category, 1 post for Scheduled Tribe category, 2 posts for candidates belonging to the OBC category, and 1 post for candidates belonging to the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) category of the State of Uttarakhand. Further, 2 posts out of 9 unreserved posts were horizontally reserved for women candidates of Uttarakhand, and 1 post was reserved for a

woman candidate belonging to the Scheduled Caste category.

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2. As per the pleadings in the writ peti