2026:UHC:134 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 PMS/ 1 5 / 2 0 2 6 W PMS/ 1 6 / 2 0 2 6 W PMS/ 1 7 / 2 0 2 6 W PMS/ 1 8 / 2 0 2 6 Hon ’ble Man oj Ku m ar Tiw ar i, J Mr. Atul Kumar Bansal, Advocate for the petitioners, through video conferencing. 2. Mr. Narayan Dutt & Mr. Suyash Pant, Standing Counsels for the State of Uttarakhand. 3. Since common questions of fact and law are involved in these petitions, therefore, these petitions are clubbed together and decided by this common judgment. 4. Learned counsel for the parties are unanimous on the point that similar issue was decided by this Court in WPMS No. 3367 of 2025 and other connected petitions. 5. In view of the consensus between the parties, the writ petitions are, accordingly, decided in terms of judgment dated 16.12.2025 rendered in WPMS No. 3367 of 2025 & other connected petitions. ( Man oj Ku m ar Tiw ar i, J) 05.01.2026 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=3be23325146e76a0642bdf4943fb9046f487df006da8 2a131bb4e4403d3c0a15, postalCode=263001, st=UTTARAKHAND, serialNumber=18167EEFB5CA8CFFD421A103819DA875643A F56D653D095C6ED9A86DAAB21CE5, cn=NAVEEN CHANDRA Date: 2026.01.05 17:35:41 +05'30'