2026:UHC:898-DB IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE SRI MANOJ KUMAR GUPTA AND HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SUBHASH UPADHYAY 13TH FEBRUARY, 2026 SPECIAL APPEAL No. 26 OF 2026 TDS Placements and Services Private Limited. …Appellant Versus State of Uttarakhand and another. …Respondents Counsel for the appellant. : Mr. Pankaj Miglani, learned counsel. Counsel for the respondents. : Mr. B.S. Parihar, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel for the State of Uttarakhand. JUDGMENT : (per Sri Manoj Kumar Gupta, C.J.) 1. The present intra-Court Appeal is directed against the order dated 02.01.2026, passed by the learned Single Judge in Writ Petition (M/S) No. 3744/2025, by which, while entertaining the Writ Petition filed by the appellant, challenging an order dated 23.12.2025 passed by respondent no. 2, the Court granted four weeks’ and no more time to the State to file counter affidavit, and thereafter the Interim Relief Application would be considered. The next date fixed was 10.02.2026. On 10.02.2026, an order was passed to list the Writ Petition before appropriate Bench, as the learned Single Judge was of the opinion that the Writ Petition would be maintainable only under Article 226 of the Constitution of 1 2026:UHC:898-DB India. Thereafter, the matter has not been listed before any Court. 2. Learned counsel for the appellant submits that the matter is extremely urgent, and since no date has been fixed in the Writ Petition, the appellant is suffering. 3. The order of learned Single Judge merely defers the hearing of the Interim Relief Application to another date, and no right of any party has been decided. Therefore, the present intra-Court Appeal would not be maintainable. It is, accordingly, dismissed. However, we direct the Office to list the Writ Petition before appropriate Bench on 19.02.2026 4. All pending applications stand disposed of accordingly. ______________________ MANOJ KUMAR GUPTA, C.J. ___________________ SUBHASH UPADHYAY, J. Dt: 13th February, 2026 Rahul 2 RAHUL PRAJAPATI Digitally signed by RAHUL PRAJAPATI DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, ou=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, 2.5.4.20=aa4fa3bee6691397758b14516ed3e66 e61bf4c848741983ed8c39e4145cf1dab, postalCode=263001, st=UTTARAKHAND, serialNumber=303B55CC3063D34AC45BF8A19 2FCAD15C390A1AAD7B39857D2540AE4C28A4 898, cn=RAHUL PRAJAPATI Date: 2026.02.13 15:43:19 +05'30'