IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition (M/ S) No. 2940 of 2025 Rashida … Petitioner Versus State of Uttarakhand & Others … Respondents Mr. Pramod Bailwal, Advocate, for the petitioner.

Mr. Ganesh Datt Kandpal, Deputy AG, for the State.

J U D G M E N T Hon’ble Manoj Kumar Tiwari, J.

Petitioner was elected as Member, Gram Sabha, Village Hazara Grant, Block Bahadrabad, District Haridwar in the last panchayat elections held in 2022. A complaint was made by one Mr. Nadeem Ali on 25.11.2023 alleging that with her nomination paper filed before Returning Officer, petitioner filed an affidavit stating that she passed 8^th Standard examination from SMA Junior High School, Gangalheri, Saharanpur (U.P.) in the year 2004, but as per the certificate issued by Principal of SMA Junior High School, petitioner never studied in the said school, thus petitioner is not educationally qualified for holding the office as Member, Gram Panchayat. An enquiry was ordered to look into the allegation made in the complaint and Nayab Tehsildar issued notice to petitioner, but petitioner did not participate in the enquiry despite notice and the Tehsildar, vide order dated 15.2.2025, declared petiti