2026:UHC:4387 SL. No. Date Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s order with Signatures COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS WPSS/1442/2026 with WPSS/1443/2026 Hon’ble Manoj Kumar Tiwari, J. Mr. Gaurav Bhatt, Advocate for the petitioner. 2. Mr. S.S. Chaudhary, Standing Counsel 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 Writ Petition (SS) No. 1442 of 2026, alone are being considered and discussed. 4. Petitioner was engaged on contract for discharging duties as Block Programme Manager in National Rural Health Mission at Chamba, District Tehri Garhwal in the year 2009, and he is still serving in that capacity. 5. According to petitioner, other similarly situate employees, including District Programme Manager and State Programme Manager were given benefit of increment in remuneration during Financial Year 2009-10 and 2010-11; however, that benefit was not given to the petitioner. 2026:UHC:4387 6. By means of these writ petitions, they have sought a direction to the respondents to give increment to them for Financial Year 2009-10 and 2010-2011. 7. Learned State Counsel submits that although benefit of increment is 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 to respondent No. 1. If they make separate representation to respondent No. 1 within two weeks from today, decision thereupon shall be taken as per law, within four months thereafter. (Manoj Kumar Tiwari, J.) 02.06.2026 Navin