UKHC010121712026 2026:UHC:6046 1 HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition Service Single No. 1831 of 2026 20 July, 2026 Govind Singh Rawat --Petitioner Versus State Of Uttarakhand and others --Respondents With Writ Petition Service Single No. 1832 of 2026 Writ Petition Service Single No. 1835 of 2026 Writ Petition Service Single No. 1836 of 2026 Writ Petition Service Single No. 1837 of 2026 Writ Petition Service Single No. 1838 of 2026 Writ Petition Service Single No. 1839 of 2026 Writ Petition Service Single No. 1851 of 2026 Writ Petition Service Single No. 1855 of 2026 Writ Petition Service Single No. 1856 of 2026 Writ Petition Service Single No. 1863 of 2026 Writ Petition Service Single No. 1869 of 2026 Writ Petition Service Single No. 1871 of 2026 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Presence:- Mr. Harshpal Sekhon, learned counsel for the petitioners Mr. Anil Dabral, learned Additional C.S.C with Mr. Prem Prakash Bhatt, learned Brief Holder for the State. Hon’ble Pankaj Purohit, J. These writ petitions have been filed by the petitioner(s) seeking parity of pay scale with Data Entry Operator working with the respondent employed through U.P.N.L. 2. Since common questions of fact and law are involved in these petitions, therefore, these petitions are clubbed together and decided by this common judgment. However, for the sake of brevity and convenience, facts of WPSS No.1831 of 2026 alone are being considered and UKHC010121712026 2026:UHC:6046 2 discussed. 3. Petitioner was engaged as a contractual Data Entry Operator under the Samagra Shiksha Uttarakhand at Block Resource Centre (B.R.C.) Mori, District Uttarkashi. He was engaged on the said post on 03.05.2013 on contractual basis for a period of 11 months or till the end of Project under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan. 4. Petitioner was paid ₹5,500/- per month as consolidate remuneration which was enhanced from time to time and at present he is getting ₹18,000/- as remuneration. The petitioner claimed parity with Data Entry Operator who were engaged with the respondent Department through U.P.N.L. and who are getting a monthly remuneration of ₹27,299.63/-. 5. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that since the petitioner is discharging the same functions as are being discharged by the Data Entry Operator employed through U.P.N.L. therefore he is entitled to get the same remuneration on the basis of “equal pay for equal work”. 6. Learned counsel for the petitioner further submits that for the said relief the petitioner has filed a representation to respondent no.2-State Project Director for redressal of his grievance and he submits that if a direction is issued to respondent no.2-State Project Director to decide the said representation, within a stipulated time, the ends of justice would be met. 7. Learned counsel for the State submits that the representation which the petitioner has indicated has been filed through his Union and therefore it would be difficult for respondent no.2 to decide the same, however UKHC010121712026 2026:UHC:6046 3 he submits that if the petitioner is permitted to file a fresh representation to respondent no.2 within a stipulated time, the respondent no.2 shall decide the same if directed by the Court. 8. In such view of the matter, all the writ petitions are finally disposed of. Petitioner(s) of each of these writ petitions is permitted to file a representation ventilating his grievance regarding equal pay for equal work at par with the Data Entry Operator engaged through U.P.N.L. within ten days’ from today; and if such a representation is submitted by the petitioner(s) individually, the respondent no.2 shall decide the same within a period of eight weeks’ from the date of receipt of the representations, strictly in accordance with law. (Pankaj Purohit, J. 20.07.2026 Nahid NAHEED PRAVEE N Digitally signed by NAHEED PRAVEEN DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, ou=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, 2.5.4.20=751bfaa651360dbe12169bdb8 8e9115f52868468182e0c769e7714ab69 393dc6, postalCode=263001, st=UTTARAKHAND, serialNumber=55CCE83A02F0C3335D5 C09F8959CF6258B92F2F00C4066CD4E4 5A830B38108D2, cn=NAHEED PRAVEEN Date: 2026.07.21 14:55:33 +05'30'