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2026 Supreme(Online)(UK) 608

HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND
POONAM SHAHI RAJPUT – Appellant
Versus
STATE OF UTTARAKHAND – Respondent
WPSS 445 / 2026



Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings SL.

Date or directions COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS No.

and Registrar’s order with Signatures WPSS/ 445/ 2026 Hon’ble Manoj Kumar Tiwari, J

1. Mr. Dushyant Mainali, learned counsel for the petitioner.

2. Mr. S.S. Chaudhary, learned Standing Counsel for the State of Uttarakhand.

3. Petitioner participated in a selection for the post of Assistant Teacher, Government Primary School. According to her, respondent no. 4 was selected and appointed, even though his score of marks in the selection was less than that of the petitioner.

4. The reliefs, sought in the writ petition, are as follows:-

(i) Issue a writ of certiorari quashing the list of candidates published on 28.01.2026 found suitable for appointment for the post of Assistant Teacher Primary only to the extent of selection of respondent no. 4 as Assistant Teacher Primary in Science subject in District Champawat and to set aside the subsequent appointment of the respondent no. 4 to the post of Assistant Teacher (Primary) in Science Subject pursuant to recruitment advertisement dated 07.11.2025 issued by the respondent no.

3.

(ii) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus directing and commanding the respondent authorities to forthwith consider the case of the petitioner for selection and appointment on the post of Assistant Teacher (Primary) in Science subject in connection with recruitment advertisement dated 07.11.2025 issued by the respondent no. 3, based on the quality point marks obtained by the petitioner.

5. Learned State Counsel was given

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