2026:UHC:2503 SL. No. Date Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s order with Signatures COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS WPSS/823/2024 Hon’ble Manoj Kumar Tiwari, J. Mr. Suresh Chandra Bhatt, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. R.C. Joshi, Brief Holder for the State. Mr. Shubhang Dobhal, Advocate for the respondents. 2. According to the petitioners, they were engaged on daily wages in G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology for discharging duties against Group-D posts in the year 2000; however, their status was changed to that of contract employee in 2003, and they are continuously serving in that capacity ever since then. Thus, it is contended that petitioners have rendered continuous satisfactory service of more than 25 years in the University. 3. Petitioners earlier filed Writ Petition No. 1922 of 2022 (SS), which was disposed of with a direction to the University to constitute a Regularisation Committee with a further direction to the Regularisation Committee to take decision on the claim of the petitioners for regularisation. 4. Pursuant to the direction issued in that writ petition, claim of the petitioners was considered and rejected by the competent authority vide order dated 16.02.2024. Thus feeling aggrieved, 2026:UHC:2503 petitioners have approached this Court, challenging the order dated 16.02.2024. 5. The ground taken for rejecting petitioners’ claim is that their case is not covered by the Regularisation Rules, framed in 2013. 6. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that Regularisation Rules, 2013 were amended in December, 2025, and it has been provided that anyone who has put in 10 years of service up to 04.12.2018, is eligible to be considered for regularisation. Thus, it is contended that the issue needs to be reconsidered by the competent authority. 7. This Court finds submission in the said contention. Since Regularisation Rules, 2013 were amended and cut off date earlier fixed has been extended, therefore, writ petition is disposed of by directing the competent authority to re-consider claim of the petitioners for regularisation, as per existing law, within three months from date of presentation of certified copy of this order. While revisiting the issue, the view earlier taken in the impugned order dated 16.02.2024, shall be ignored. (Manoj Kumar Tiwari, J.) 08.04.2026 Mahinder/ MAHINDER SINGH Digitally signed by MAHINDER SINGH DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, ou=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, 2.5.4.20=da6212e6e78d94ed3134842bc6a8d6ca168979ca7b8c2f031a92d1a18b08923c, postalCode=263001, st=UTTARAKHAND, serialNumber=AB77B7C5B240908B392BE84F5CDD4C2AF35DC4626D305B1BC9EA4BABA43D2B8F, cn=MAHINDER SINGH Date: 2026.04.08 19:38:45 +05'30' 2026:UHC:2503