I N THE HI GH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAI NI TAL Writ Petition ( S/ B) No.515 of 2015 Dr. Pramod Bhartiya ...Petitioner Vs.

State of Uttarakhand & others ... Respondents Presence:

Mr. S.S. Yadav, learned counsel for petitioner.

Mr. Pooran Singh Bisht, learned Addl. C.S.C. for State of Uttarakhand.

Coram: Hon’ble Manoj Kumar Tiwari, J.

Hon’ble Ashish Naithani, J.

JUDGMENT: (per Hon’ble Justice Sri Manoj Kumar Tiwari)

Petitioner is challenging order dated 16.09.2015 passed by Director Higher Education, Uttarakhand whereby his claim for pay protection was rejected on the ground that in view of Government Order dated 18.12.2006, he is not entitled for pay protection. The reliefs sought in the writ petition are extracted below:-

“i. Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of Certiorari quashing the Government Order dated 16.09.2015 (Annexure No.8 to the writ petition).

ii. Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of Mandamus directing the respondent no.1 to keep it in abeyance the Government Order dated 16.09.2015 till pendency of the present writ petition and summon the case from the office of respondent no.2 and decide it as per the law.

iii. Issue a writ, order or direction in the