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Date or directions COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS and Registrar’s order with Signatures

WPSS/ 737/ 2026 Hon’ble Manoj Kum ar Tiw ari, J.

Mr. B.D. Upadhyaya, Senior Advocate, assisted by Mr. Tushar Upadhyaya,

Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. S.S. Chaudhary, Standing Counsel, for the State.

Mr. Shailendra Nauriyal, Advocate, for the selecting body.

(2) Petitioner is ex-serviceman, who was discharged from Indian Army in the year 2017. He was thereafter appointed as Village Development Officer against a vacancy reserved for ex-servicemen. Petitioner thereafter applied for the post of Assistant Teacher, LT Grade, pursuant to an advertisement issued by Uttarakhand Subordinate Services Selection Commission on 14.3.2024. According to petitioner, even though he was selected and recommended for appointment as Assistant Teacher, LT Grade, however selecting body thereafter issued a letter to the appointing authority on 13.10.2025, stating that petitioner has already availed the benefit of reservation available to ex-servicemen, therefore he is not eligible for appointment against a vacancy reserved for ex-servicemen. Petitioner has challenged the said communication dated 13.10.2025, issued by Secretary, Uttarakhand Subordinate

Services Selection Commission.

(3) Learned Senior Counsel appearing for the petitioner relied upon judgment dated 29.7.2025, rendered by Division Bench of this Court in WPSB No. 491 of 2021. Relevant extract of the said judgment is extracted

below:

“3. Clause 8 of the Government Order dated 22.05.2020, impugned herein, refers to an Office Memorandum issued by Central Government on

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