2026:UHC:1720-DB SL. No. Dat e Of f ice Not es, r ep or t s, or d er s or p r oceed in g s or d ir ect ion s an d Reg ist r ar ’s or d er w it h Sig n at u r es COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS W PSB 5 1 0 / 2 0 2 4 Hon ’ble Man oj Ku m ar Tiw ar i, J. Hon ’ble Pank aj Pu r oh it , J. Mr. M.S. Pal, Senior Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. K.N. Joshi, Deputy AG, for the State. Mr. Shubhang Dobhal, Advocate, for the Doon University. Ms. Ruchika Negi, Advocate, i/ b Mr. Sandeep Kothari, Advocate for the respondent no. 3. (2) Petitioner participated in a selection for appointment to the post of Assistant Professor in Department of Physics in Doon University, Dehradun. According to petitioner, respondent no. 3 was wrongly selected and appointed, even though there were several defects in the testimonials supplied by her while making application. By means of this writ petition, petitioner has sought the following reliefs: “I. Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of certiorari to direct the Respondent no. 2 to cancel the offer of appointment of Respondent no. 3 as Assistant Professor (SC), Department of Physics, School of Physical Sciences, Doon Unviersity, Dehradun (Uttarakhand), which is dated 30.08.2023 (contained as Annexure no. 5 to the writ petition). II. Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus to direct the Respondent no. 2 to issue a appointment letter of Assistant Professor (SC), Department of Physics, School of Physical Sciences, Doon Unviersity, Dehradun (Uttarakhand) to the petitioner.” (3) Learned Senior Counsel for the 2026:UHC:1720-DB petitioner, after arguing for a while, submits that petitioner has made a representation, which is on record as Annexure-19 to the writ petition, therefore Vice Chancellor of the University be directed to take decision on the said representation. (4) Writ petition is, accordingly, disposed of with a direction to Vice Chancellor to take decision on the pending representation of the petitioner within three months from the date of presentation of certified copy of this order. (5) It goes without saying that respondent no. 3 shall also be heard before taking any decision in the matter. ( Pan k aj Pu r oh it , J.) ( Man oj Ku m ar Tiw ar i, J.) 1 3 .3 .2 0 2 6 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=0DC111E8D8CA66E16B940EFDF806ACCC1AB588052DF6FCA58C67F3C 91957BE53, cn=PRABODH KUMAR Date: 2026.03.18 18:37:15 +05'30' 2026:UHC:1720-DB