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and Registrar’s order with Signatures WPSS/ 1274/ 2024 Hon’ble Manoj Kumar Tiwari, J

1. Mr. B.D. Upadhyaya, learned Senior Counsel appearing for the petitioners.

2. Mr. N.K. Papnoi, learned Standing Counsel for the State of Uttarakhand.

3. Mr. Shailendra Nauriyal, learned counsel for respondent no. 3.

4. Petitioners are serving as Constable in Provincial Armed Constabulary. Uttarakhand Police Headquarter issued two advertisements on 22.01.2021, one inviting applications for promotion of constables/Head Constables to the post of Platoon Commander, and another, inviting applications for promotion of constables to the post of Head Constable.

5. Petitioners responded to the advertisement, whereby applications were invited for promotion to the post of Head Constable, but they were declared unsuccessful.

6. According to petitioners, as many as 32 candidates, who were selected and promoted as Head Constable, were also selected for promotion as Platoon Commander, and they joined duties as Platoon Commander on 22.01.2021. Thus, petitioners contend that the 32 vacancies, which arose on account of resignation by 32 candidates who were also promoted as Platoon Commander, should be supplied by taking candidates as per merit from the same selection process, which was held pursuant to