2026:UHC:1979 SL. No. Date Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s order with Signatures COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS WPSS/521/2026 Hon’ble Manoj Kumar Tiwari, J Mr. Ishwari Datt Paliwal, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Shobhit Joshi, Advocate, i/b Mr. Ashish Joshi, Advocate for the respondent- Uttarakhand Transport Corporation. 2. Petitioner retired from Uttarakhand Transport Corporation on 31.7.2025. After his retirement, an order was passed on 13.8.2025 by the Assistant General Manager, Tanakpur, providing for recovery of ₹5,44,786/- from the amount payable as gratuity to the petitioner. Thus, feeling aggrieved, petitioner has approached this Court. 3. Learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that the issue involved here is identical to the one decided by Division Bench of this Court in SPA No. 245 of 2022. He submits that this writ petition also deserves to be decided in terms of the judgment rendered in the said Special Appeal. 4. Mr. Shobhit Joshi, learned Counsel appearing for Uttarakhand Transport Corporation, concedes that the issue involved in the present writ petition is identical to the one decided by Division Bench of this Court in SPA No. 245 of 2022 and submits that writ petition can be decided in terms of judgment rendered in SPA No. 245 of 2022. 5. Accordingly, the writ petition is decided in terms of judgment dated 4.4.2024, rendered in SPA No. 245 of 2022. (Manoj Kumar Tiwari, J) 20.3.2026 Pr PRABODH KUMAR Digitally signed by PRABODH KUMAR DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, ou=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, 2.5.4.20=3a082a00a95aff911a9559743af8f21c50602ff6eae4e61af3aeab198d462503, postalCode=263001, st=UTTARAKHAND, serialNumber=0DC111E8D8CA66E16B940EFDF806ACCC1AB588052DF6FCA58C67F3C91957BE53, cn=PRABODH KUMAR Date: 2026.03.20 18:09:46 +05'30' 2026:UHC:1979