2026 Supreme(Online)(UK) 288
HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND
UMA SHANKAR – Appellant
Versus
GURUKUL KANGRI VISHWAVIDYALAYA HARIDWAR – Respondent
WPSS 1021 / 2025
Office Notes,
reports, orders or proceedings
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Date or directions COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS
and Registrar’s
order with Signatures
WPSS 1021/ 2025
With
WPSS 1157/ 2025
Hon’ble Manoj Kumar Tiwari, J.
Dr. Neha Gupta, Advocate, i/b Mr.
Vivek Pathak, Advocate for the petitioners.
Mr. Ajay Veer Pundir, Advocate, for
the respondents.
(2) Since common questions of fact and law are involved in both the writ petitions, these are being decided together by this common judgment. However, for brevity, facts of WPSS No. 1021 of 2025 alone are being considered and discussed
here.
(3) Petitioners were appointed against non-teaching posts in Gurukul Kangri Vishwavidyalaya, a deemed-to-be University, in courses run on Self Financed Scheme. According to petitioners, they are entitled to various allowances, which various other employees of University are getting, however the same is being denied to petitioners. By means of this writ petition, petitioners have sought the
following reliefs:
“a. Issue a writ, order or direction in
the nature of Mandamus directing the respondents to grant benefit of Transport Allowance, LTC, Children Education Allowance, Dearness Allowances, Medical Allowances- Fixed/Reimbursement, Dress Allowances etc., and Arrear comprising Salary Fixation, Retirement benefits to the petitioners as per UGC/AICTE/PCI
norms.
b. Issue a writ, order or direction in the
nature of Mandamus directing the respondents to grant benefit of other service benefits as per UGC/AICTE/PCI norms for employees appointed
on or before SFS Rules 2020, on the permanent basis and further issued direction to the respondents not to implement/change the service condition of the petitioners in future retrospectively.”
(4) Since petitioners have sought a writ of mandamus and they have not made any representation so far to the competent authority, therefore, this Court thinks that ends of justice would be met if petitioners are permitted to make representation, highlighting their grievance, to the competent authority, who may be directed to take decision thereupon.
(5) Writ petitions are, accordingly, disposed of granting liberty to petitioners to make representation to Registrar of the University. If petitioners make representation within two weeks from today, decision thereupon shall be taken, as per law, within ten weeks thereafter.
(Manoj Kumar Tiwari, J.)
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