2026:UHC:1518 SL. No. Date Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s order with Signatures COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS WPSS/698/2026 Hon’ble Manoj Kumar Tiwari, J Mr. Dushyant Mainali, Advocate for the petitioner, through video conferencing. 2. Mr. Narayan Dutt, Standing Counsel for the State of Uttarakhand/ respondent nos. 1 to 3. 3. According to the petitioner, despite scoring sufficiently high marks in the selection for appointment as Assistant Teacher, Government Primary School in District Chamoli, appointment has been denied to him only on the ground that he possesses a Domicile Certificate issued by State of Uttar Pradesh. 4. Perusal of the record reveals that District Education Officer (Elementary), Chamoli issued a notice to the petitioner on 05.02.2026, asking him to submit his reply on certain aspects. Annexure-9 to the writ petition is petitioner’s reply to the said notice, which was submitted on 09.02.2026. 5. Since no decision has been taken in the matter by District Education Officer (Elementary), therefore, the writ petition is disposed of by directing the District Education Officer concerned to examine the issue in the light of reply submitted by the petitioner and pass appropriate order, as per law, within four weeks from the date of presentation of certified copy of this order. (Manoj Kumar Tiwari, J) 10.03.2026 Navin NAVEEN CHANDRA Digitally signed by NAVEEN CHANDRA DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, ou=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, 2.5.4.20=3be23325146e76a0642bdf4943fb9046f487df006da82a131bb4e4403d3c0a15 , postalCode=263001, st=UTTARAKHAND, serialNumber=18167EEFB5CA8CFFD421A103819DA875643AF56D653D095C6ED9A86 DAAB21CE5, cn=NAVEEN CHANDRA Date: 2026.03.10 18:13:41 +05'30'