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COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS

Registrar’s order

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WPSS/ 188/ 2026

Hon’ble Subhash Upadhyay, J.

Mr. D.S.Patni, learned Senior Counsel,

assisted by Mr. Dharmendra Barthwal, learned

counsel for the petitioner.

2. Mr. Rajeev Singh Bisht, learned Standing

Counsel for the State.

3. The petitioner has filed the instant Writ

Petition with the following prayers:

“i) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of

certiorari quashing the oral rejection of the petitioner (as

done by the Counselling Committee for the respondent

no. 4 during the counselling held by it on 12.01.2026)

from the office of the respondent no. 4 and quashing the

name insofar as the rejection of the petitioner’s

candidature is concerned.

ii) Issue a writ, order or direction the nature of

mandamus directing the respondents to forthwith

consider the petitioner’s candidature for her selection in

the selection process initiated by means of

advertisement dated 07.11.2025 afresh and

accordingly verify petitioner’s documents as per the

original advertisement as well as the documents

required as per amended instructions issued by

respondent no. 4 on 11.01.2026 and to appoint her to

the post of Assistant Teacher (primary) in the Aft

Category (General Female Seat) with all consequential

benefits, including back wages and seniority. (contained

as annexure no.2 to the writ petition.)

iii) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of

mandamus thereby restraining the respondents from

filing at least one vacancy (of Assistant Teachers

(Primary) Category-General (Arts) and to reserve one

post of assistant Teacher (Primary) Category- General

(Arts) for the petitioner till the pendency of the instant

writ petition.”

4. Counsel for the petitioner submits that in

pursuance to the advertisement issued on

07.11.2025 by the respondent no. 4, the

petitioner being eligible applied for the post of

Assistant Teacher (Primary) and her name was

included in the merit list published by the

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respondents. Counsel for the petitioner submits

that petitioner appeared for documents

verification on 12.01.2026 along with downloaded

mark-sheet and certificate of D.El.Ed, as per the

Uttarakhand Teachers Recruitment Rules and the

advertisement dated 07.11.2025, however on

11.01.2026 a list of amended instructions were

issued and on the basis of the said Counselling

Committee rejected the petitioner’s candidature

on the ground that the additional documents were

not produced by her. Learned counsel for the

petitioner submits that she submitted a

representation on 16.01.2026 with the prayer that

the new additional documents as required are

available however no heed was paid on the said

representation. He also refers to an order dated

23.01.2026 passed by the Coordinate Bench of

this Court in WPSS No. 145 of 2026, wherein in

similar circumstances an opportunity was

granted to the petitioner to produce the original

certificates and the relevant documents before the

respondents.

5. In the interest of justice, the petitioner is

granted one more opportunity to produce the

original certificates and the relevant documents

before the respondent no.4. The petitioner shall

appear before the respondent no.4 on 30.01.2026

at 11:00 A.M. along with original certificates and

the other relevant documents, whereupon the

respondents shall consider the petitioner’s

candidature in accordance with law and if found

in order and eligible, her name shall be included

in the further selection process as per her merit

and Recruitment Rules.

6. The writ petition stands ordered

accordingly.

(Subhash Upadhyay, J.)

Vacation Judge

28.01.2026

Kaushal

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