UKHC010126722026 2026:UHC:6199 1 HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition Service Single No.1938 of 2026 22 July, 2026 Umesh Yadav --Petitioner Versus State Of Uttarakhand 2: Director Of Secondary Education 3: Additional Director Secondary Education 4: Chief Education Officer --Respondents ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Presence:- Mr. Anil Anthwal, learned counsel for petitioner. Mr. Anil Dabral, learned Additional C.S.C. with Mr. Bhupendra Singh Koranga, learned Brief Holder for the State of Uttarakhand/respondents. Hon’ble Pankaj Purohit, J. (Oral) By means of this writ petition, petitioner has sought a mandamus for a direction to respondents to grant the benefit of selection/promotional pay scale by counting the services rendered by him before grant-in- aid. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that subject matter of the present writ petition is covered by a judgment rendered by a Co-ordinate Bench of this Court in WPSS No.1955 of 2015 Munendra Singh Rana & others vs. State and connected petitions decided on 27.03.2017, which was upheld by the Division Bench of this Court vide judgment dated 30.08.2018 passed in SPA No.279 of 2018 State vs. Harish Singh Bora & others and batch. 3. This fact has also been admitted by learned State Counsel. UKHC010126722026 2026:UHC:6199 2 4. In this view of the matter, present writ petition is allowed, in terms of judgment and order passed by Coordinate Bench of this Court in WPSS No.1955 of 2015 Munendra Singh Rana & others Vs State Of Uttarakhand & others and connected petitions decided together on 27.03.2017, which was later on upheld by the Division Bench of this Court vide judgment dated 30.08.2018 passed in SPA No.279 of 2018 State vs. Harish Singh Bora & others and batch. 5. Accordingly, respondents are directed to release Selection Grade/Promotional Pay Scale to the petitioner counting his service from the date of his initial appointment, within a period of eight weeks from today along with arrears. The petitioner is also entitled to get interest @ 9% per annum on the arrears. 6. It is made clear that if arrears are not released within aforesaid period, petitioner shall be entitled to get interest @18% per annum. (Pankaj Purohit, J.) 22.07.2026 PN PREETI NEGI Digitally signed by PREETI NEGI DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, ou=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, 2.5.4.20=63c75a8c4765581180a58d7478fadbe38331b ac55c78b5f9f0276c16432f6aab, postalCode=263001, st=UTTARAKHAND, serialNumber=2BA53171893B3C3CB3CCCAE81FAE06 4498483A83D84BDB0F9229D5BF08D959AC, cn=PREETI NEGI Date: 2026.07.22 17:54:04 +05'30'