2026:UHC:3639-DB I N THE HI GH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAI NI TAL THE HON’BLE CHI EF JUSTI CE MR. MANOJ KUMAR GUPTA AND THE HON’BLE JUSTI CE MR. SUBHASH UPADHYAY Writ Petition (S/B) No.272 of 2026 13th May, 2026 Manju Singh -----Petitioner Versus State of Uttarakhand and Others ----Respondents ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Presence:- Mr. C.S. Rawat and Ms. Rajni Supyal, learned counsel for the petitioner. Mr. Sachin Mohan Singh Mehta, learned Brief Holder for the State of Uttarakhand/ respondent nos.1 to 5. Mr. Rajesh Sharma, learned counsel for respondent no.6. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- JUDGMENT : ( per Mr . Man oj Kum ar Gu pt a C. J.) 1. Heard learned counsel for the parties. 2. The petitioner has retired from the post of Associate Professor in Chandrawati Tiwari Girls Post Graduate College, Kashipur, District Udham Singh Nagar on 08.08.2025. 3. The case of the petitioner is that the post against which she was appointed was advertised on 08.07.2005 and then on 10.07.2005 in newspaper ‘Amar Ujala’ and on 08-09.07.2005 in newspaper ‘Dainik Jagaran’. 1 2026:UHC:3639-DB 4. The selection of the petitioner was approved by Kumaon University with which the institution was affiliated on 21.10.2005. The petitioner is claiming that the cut-off date i.e. 01.10.2005 for applicability of the pension scheme would be the date on which the advertisement was issued in view of Government Orders dated 07.11.2023 and 26.06.2025. 5. The case of the petitioner for extending benefit of old pension scheme to the petitioner has been recommended by the institution to Director Higher Education vide letter dated 20.05.2024, however, the respondents have not taken any decision in the matter so far and, hence, the present writ petition. 6. Learned State Counsel very fairly states that the representation filed by the petitioner in this behalf shall be considered and decided by the Secretary, Higher Education Department, Uttarakhand, Dehradun (respondent no.1) within such time as may be directed by this Court. 7. Having regard to the facts of the case and the submissions made, the writ petition is disposed of with direction to respondent no.1 to decide representation of the petitioner dated 07.11.2025 (Annexure No.13) within a period of eight weeks from 2 2026:UHC:3639-DB the date of communication of the instant order along with photocopy of the representation. 8. Pending application, if any, also stands disposed of. ( MANOJ KUMAR GUPTA, C. J.) ( SUBHASH UPADHYAY, J.) Dated: 13.05.2026 SS 3 SUKHBAN T SINGH Digitally signed by SUKHBANT SINGH DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, ou=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, 2.5.4.20=71978f9c61bfde0ba69967c787b1764ea7bc7 dd129a8a6380d49b1885e628615, postalCode=263001, st=UTTARAKHAND, serialNumber=2D8B71B8D8E345F6B7F95B1DD4FB4BE BD2B7D72C42261361AED33172F152148D, cn=SUKHBANT SINGH Date: 2026.05.14 11:37:20 +05'30'