2025:UHC:8449 SL. No. Date Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s order with Signatures COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS WPMS/2967/2023 Hon’ble Manoj Kumar Tiwari, J. No representation for the petitioner. Ms. Neeti Rana, Advocate for the respondent. 2. Petitioner took admission in diploma course in Electronics and Communication Engineering during academic session 2016-17 He was declared unsuccessful in two subjects in the third year examination, held in 2019 and he was denied permission to appear in those back papers in 2023, therefore, he filed this writ petition, seeking the following relief: “Issue a writ order or direction in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents to permit the petitioner to appear in all remaining back papers of polytechnic course.” 3. Learned counsel for Uttarakhand Board of Technical Education submits that as per the Rules, petitioner cannot be permitted to appear in back papers after gap of three years. 4. Since the prayer sought by petitioner is against the rules, applicable in the examining body, therefore, the relief as claimed cannot be granted. 5. The writ petition fails and is dismissed. 6. Pending application(s), if any, stand disposed of. Manoj Kumar Tiwari, J.) 19.09.2025 Mahinder/ MAHINDER SINGH Digitally signed by MAHINDER SINGH DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, ou=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, 2.5.4.20=da6212e6e78d94ed3134842bc6a8d6ca168979ca7b8c2f031a92d1a18b089 23c, postalCode=263001, st=UTTARAKHAND, serialNumber=AB77B7C5B240908B392BE84F5CDD4C2AF35DC4626D305B1BC9EA4 BABA43D2B8F, cn=MAHINDER SINGH Date: 2025.09.23 10:29:52 +05'30'