Uttarakhand High Court
WPSS/1753/2020 on 9 March, 2026
Author: Manoj Kumar Tiwari
Bench: Manoj Kumar Tiwari
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WPSS/1753/2020
Hon'ble Manoj Kumar Tiwari, J
1. Mr. Vinayak Pant, Advocate holding
brief of Mr. Dharmendra Barthwal,
learned counsel for the petitioners.
2. Mr. Narayan Dutt, learned Standing
Counsel for the State of Uttarakhand.
3. Mr. B.D. Pande, learned counsel for
the respondent-Selecting Body.
4. Petitioner participated in a selection
for the post of Gram Panchayat Vikas
Adhikari. Since he was not appointed,
therefore, he has approached this Court
seeking the following relief:-
(i) To issue a writ, order or direction in the nature
of mandamus commanding and directing the
respondents to consider the petitioners for
appointment to the post of Gram Panchayat
Vikas Adhikari in view of the final enquiry report
dated 04.10.2018 wherein the petitioners were
not found involved in any sharp practice, fraud
etc. after reserving three posts for the
petitioners as advertised in the second
advertisement dated 06.11.2020.
5. Learned counsel for the petitioner
submits that no anomaly was found in
the answer script of the petitioner and
petitioner was given clean chit by the
Inquiry Committee, therefore, there is no
reason whatsoever for denying
appointment to the petitioner.
6. Mr. B.D. Pande, learned counsel
appearing for the Selecting Body,
however, submits that in view of
complaints regarding large scale
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irregularities in the selection process,
State Government took the decision to
scrap the entire selection. Thus, he
submits that once the selection process
is cancelled, then the relief as claimed by
petitioner cannot be granted.
7. Without expressing any opinion on
the rival contentions made by learned
counsel for the parties, this Court thinks
that ends of justice would be met if
petitioner is permitted to make
representation to the Competent
Authority.
8. The writ petition is, accordingly,
disposed of with liberty to petitioner to
make representation to the Competent
Authority within two weeks from today. If
he makes representation within
stipulated time, the Competent Authority
shall examine, whether the selection
process is still ongoing or it is scrapped
in its entirety, and if it is found that it is
not scrapped in its entirety, then
petitioner’s claim for appointment shall
be considered, as per law within three
months from the date of receipt of
representation.
(Manoj Kumar Tiwari, J)
09.03.2026
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Date: 2026.03.11 09:13:49 -07’00’
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