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2025 DAILYLAW 11029 (UTT)

PREETI AGARWAL v. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND

WPSS/1484/2025 · 2025-09-10

Manoj Kumar Tiwari

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2025:UHC:8008 SL. No. Date Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s order with Signatures COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS WPSS/1484/2025 Hon’ble Manoj Kumar Tiwari, J 1. Mr. D.S. Mehta, learned counsel for the petitioners. 2. Mr. Narayan Dutt, learned Standing Counsel for the State of Uttarakhand. 3. Mr. Neeraj Garg, learned counsel for respondent no. 3. 4. According to petitioners, they are engaged as outsourced employee, through UPNL, in Government Medical College, Haldwani since last several years. According to them, they have not been paid salary since October 2022. 5. By means of this writ petition, petitioners have sought the following relief:- (i) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of Mandamus, commanding and directing the Respondents to pay the salary of the Petitioners and other dues from the month of October, 202 to till date along with the interest. 6. After arguing for a while, learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioners have made representation to Chief Project Officer, UPNL, Haldwani and also to Principal of concerned College. He confines his prayer and submits that both the Authorities be directed to take decision on petitioners’ representations, which are on record as Annexure 20 & 21 to the writ petition. 2025:UHC:8008 7. Learned counsel for the respondents submit that they have no objection, if the writ petition is disposed of in terms of the prayer made by learned counsel for the petitioners. 8. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to Principal, Government Medical College, Haldwani and Chief Project Officer, UPNL to take decision on petitioners’ representations, as per law, within six weeks from the date of production of certified copy of this order. (Manoj Kumar Tiwari, J) 10.09.2025 Aswal NITI RAJ SINGH ASWAL Digitally signed by NITI RAJ SINGH ASWAL DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, ou=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, 2.5.4.20=eacc6757ee7881e933ff8934f07477005aa85f9802a3a08b08d1369512ea3 0f3, postalCode=263001, st=UTTARAKHAND, serialNumber=44EB54CBF00B7698CB6F10C2CE3D26F5C22DACF4F4610C1FE58A 58531726FBB0, cn=NITI RAJ SINGH ASWAL Date: 2025.09.10 05:04:22 -07'00'