2026:UHC:3372 SL. No. Date Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s order with Signatures COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS WPSS/1183/2026 With WPSS/1185/2026 WPSS/1186/2026 WPSS/1187/2026 WPSS/1188/2026 Hon’ble Manoj Kumar Tiwari, J 1. Mr. Suresh Chandra Bhatt, learned counsel for the petitioners. 2. Mr. Maneesh Bisht, learned Brief Holder for the State of Uttarakhand. 3. Since common questions of facts and law are involved in these petitions, therefore, these are being heard and decided together. However, for the sake of brevity and convenience, facts of WPSS No. 1183 of 2026, along are being considered and discussed. 4. Petitioner was engaged on contract for discharging duties of Block Programme Manager in National Rural Health Mission at Narayanbagar, District Chamoli in the year 2010, and he is still serving in that capacity. 5. According to petitioner, all other similarly situate employees, including District Programme Manager and State Programme Manager were given benefit of increment in remuneration during Financial Year 2010-11; however, that benefit was not extended to the petitioner. 6. By means of this writ petition, petitioner has sought a direction to the respondents to give increment to him for 2026:UHC:3372 the Financial Year 2010-11. 7. Learned State Counsel submits that although benefit of increment was available only to regular employees, but if what petitioner says is correct, then he can approach the Competent Authority. 8. The writ petitions are accordingly, disposed of by permitting petitioners to make representation(s) to respondent no. 1. If they make separate representation to respondent no. 1 within three weeks from today, decision thereupon shall be taken, as per law, within four months thereafter. (Manoj Kumar Tiwari, J) 05.05.2026 Aswal NITI RAJ SINGH ASWAL Digitally signed by NITI RAJ SINGH ASWAL DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, ou=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, 2.5.4.20=eacc6757ee7881e933ff8934f07477005aa85f9802a3a08b08d1369512ea30f3, postalCode=263001, st=UTTARAKHAND, serialNumber=44EB54CBF00B7698CB6F10C2CE3D26F5C22DACF4F4610C1FE58A58531726FBB0, cn=NITI RAJ SINGH ASWAL Date: 2026.05.05 05:06:30 -07'00'