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2025 DAILYLAW 16845 (UTT)

SANJAY KUMAR v. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND

WPSS/2166/2025 · 2025-12-11

Manoj Kumar Tiwari

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2025:UHC:11024 SL. No. Dat e Office Not es, r epor t s, or der s or pr oceedin gs or dir ect ion s an d Regist r ar ’s or der w it h Sign at u r es COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS W PSS/ 2 1 6 5 / 2 0 2 5 W it h W PSS/ 2 1 6 6 / 2 0 2 5 W PSS/ 2 1 6 7 / 2 0 2 5 Hon ’ble Man oj Ku m ar Tiw ar i, J 1. Mr. Nikhil Bhatt, Advocate holding brief of Mr. Dushyant Mainali, learned counsel for the petitioner. 2. Mr. Narayan Dutt, learned Standing Counsel for the State of Uttarakhand. 3. Petitioners are serving as Head Constable in Provincial Armed Constabulary, thus, they are public servants. They have raised seniority dispute in these writ petitions. 4. Learned State Counsel raised objection that petitioners have remedy of approaching Tribunal established under Public Services Tribunal Act, 1976. 5. Learned counsel for the petitioners does not dispute the said submission. He, however, submits that only interpretation of Rules is involved and there is no disputed question of fact requires to be gone into. 6. Since petitioners have Statutory remedy of approaching the Tribunal and all questions, which are being raised here, can also be raised before the Tribunal, therefore, this Court declines to entertain the writ petitions. 7. However, the writ petitions are disposed of with liberty to petitioners to approach the Tribunal. ( Man oj Ku m ar Tiw ar i, J) 11.12.2025 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=eacc6757ee7881e933ff8934f07477005aa85f9802a3a08b08d1369512ea30f3, postalCode=263001, st=UTTARAKHAND, serialNumber=44EB54CBF00B7698CB6F10C2CE3D26F5C22DACF4F4610C1FE58A58531726FBB 0, cn=NITI RAJ SINGH ASWAL Date: 2025.12.11 04:09:34 -08'00' 2025:UHC:11024