2026:UHC:3098-DB 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE SRI MANOJ KUMAR GUPTA AND HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SUBHASH UPADHYAY 24th APRIL, 2026 WRIT PETITION (S/B) No. 236 OF 2026 Om Singh …….Petitioner. Versus The State of Uttarakhand and others. …Respondents Counsel for the petitioner : Sri Parikshit Saini, learned counsel. Counsel for the respondents : Sri Amarendra Pratap Singh, learned Additional Advocate General for the State of Uttarakhand. JUDGMENT : (Per: Sri Manoj Kumar Gupta, C.J.) 1. The present writ petition has been filed praying for a writ of mandamus commanding respondent No. 4, i.e. Chief Education Officer, Haridwar to approve salary of regular principal of Chaudhary Bharat Singh D.A.V. Inter College, Jhabrera Town, Haridwar in favour of the petitioner w.e.f. 01.04.2014 onwards. 2. The case of the petitioner is that he has been holding the charge of officiating Principal of the Institution w.e.f. 01.04.2014 and, therefore, in terms of the judgment of this Court in WPSB No. 55 of 2011 titled as ‘Kanti Prasad Dadpuri and three others vs. State of Uttarakhand and others’ dated 20.06.2012, he is entitled to salary for the post of Principal. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the representation of the petitioner dated 09.03.2025, made in this regard, is still pending before respondent No. 4 and he may be directed to decide the same. 4. Learned Additional Advocate General has no objection to the same. 2026:UHC:3098-DB 2 5. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to respondent No. 4 to decide the representation of the petitioner dated 09.03.2025 by speaking order within six weeks from the date of presentation of a copy of the instant order, along with a copy of the representation. 6. Pending application, if any, also stands disposed of accordingly. _____________________ MANOJ KUMAR GUPTA, C.J. ___________________ SUBHASH UPADHYAY, J. Dt: 24th April, 2026 Rathour PRAVINDRA SINGH RATHOUR Digitally signed by PRAVINDRA SINGH RATHOUR DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, ou=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, 2.5.4.20=23699ccc2fd40ad81b6fd13323779d9e3aeb1097 d17dbb53d481cabd25946eed, postalCode=263001, st=UTTARAKHAND, serialNumber=1F65499E931DF71CDAF92A40CC6179B8E0 10331BA695239171F906FD5C45C4E8, cn=PRAVINDRA SINGH RATHOUR Date: 2026.04.27 14:36:11 +05'30'