2026:UHC:792 SL. No. Date Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s order with Signatures COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS WPSS/3471/2017 Hon’ble Manoj Kumar Tiwari, J. Mr. Manish Lohani, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Narayan Dutt, Standing Counsel for the State. 2. According to petitioner, he was engaged as daily wager to discharge duties as ‘Peon’ with respondent No. 3 w.e.f. 01.04.2003 and he is thereafter serving continuously in the said capacity; however, his claim for regularisation has not been considered, despite repeated requests. 3. By means of this writ petition, petitioner has sought the following reliefs: “(i) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents to regularise the services of the petitioner from the date he has been working against a vacant post. (ii) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents to release the arrear of the salary to the petitioner.” 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that State Government has amended the Regularisation Rules, 2013 by issuing a Notification in December, 2025 and petitioner is covered by said rules, as amended in December, 2025, therefore, the competent authority is 2026:UHC:792 under a statutory duty to consider petitioner’s claim for regularisation. 5. Learned State Counsel submits that if petitioner is entitled to regularization as per Regularisation Rules, then he can make representation to the competent authority. 6. The writ petition is, accordingly, disposed of with liberty to petitioner to make representation to respondent No. 3 for his regularisation. If he makes representation, respondent No. 3 shall look into the claim of the petitioner and, if it is found that the case is covered by Regularisation Rules, 2013, as amended in December, 2025, then respondent No. 3 shall constitute a Regularisation Committee, which shall consider the case of the petitioner for regularisation. 7. This Court hopes and expects that necessary order shall be passed by competent authority within four months from date of presentation of certified copy of this order. (Manoj Kumar Tiwari, J.) 11.02.2026 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: 2026.02.11 17:37:51 +05'30' 2026:UHC:792