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2026 DAILYLAW 7174 (UTT)

HARSH BAHADUR CHAND v. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND

WPSB/606/2022 · 2026-06-18

Manoj Kumar Tiwari, Pankaj Purohit

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UKHC010153192022 2026:UHC:5031-DB SL. No Date Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s order with Signatures COURT’S OR JUDGES’S ORDERS WPSB No.606 of 2022 Harsh Bahadur Chand --Petitioner Versus State of Uttarakhand & others --Respondents Hon’ble Manoj Kumar Tiwari, J. Hon’ble Pankaj Purohit, J. Mr. Harsh Bala, learned Counsel i/b Mr. Sandeep Tiwari, learned Counsel for petitioner. 2. Mr. Yogesh Pandey, learned Dy.A.G. for the State. 3. Petitioner was an employee of Education Department. He was transferred from the position of officiating District Education Officer, Nainital to the position of Block Education Officer, Deval, District Chamoli vide order dated 10.10.2022. A Co-ordinate Bench of this Court, on 19.10.2022, granted interim order in favour of petitioner, pursuant to which, petitioner continued to serve at Nainital. 4. Learned State Counsel submits that at the time of filing of writ petition in the year 2022, petitioner was 57 years of age. Therefore, petitioner must have completed 60 years of age of retirement in the year 2025. 5. We find force in the submission made by learned State Counsel. 6. Learned Counsel appearing for petitioner also makes a statement that after retirement of petitioner, cause of action does not survive. 7. Accordingly, writ petition is dismissed. (Pankaj Purohit, J.) (Manoj Kumar Tiwari, J.) 18.06.2026 Rdang