Court disposed of writ petitions filed by aided educational institutions seeking permission to advertise vacancies. Directions issued to competent authority to decide on requests within four weeks as per law.
Direction to competent authority to decide on request for permission to advertise vacancies within four weeks.
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COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS WPMS No. 3350 of 2025 With WPMS No. 3327 of 2025 WPMS No. 3335 of 2025 Hon’ble Man oj Ku m ar Tiw ar i, J |
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| 1. Mr. Yogesh Kumar Pacholia & Mr. Anil Anthwal, Advocates for the petitioners. |
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| 2. Mr. Suyash Pant, learned Standing Counsel for the State of Uttarakhand. |
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| 3. These petitions have been filed by Management of different Government Aided Educational Institutions. According to petitioners, they had requested for permission to advertise the available vacancies of teaching posts, however, the Competent Authority has not taken any decision on the request made by petitioners. |
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| 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has placed reliance upon a judgment dated 03.09.2025 rendered by this Court in WPMS No. 2839 of 2023. |
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| 5. Para 19 of the said judgment is extracted below for ready reference: - “**1 9 .**In such view of the matter, the ban imposed by Secretary, Secondary Education, Government of Uttarakhand vide order dated 19.09.2023 is liable to be set aside and is hereby set aside. However, it shall be open to the competent authority to device ways and means and to implement them, by issuing necessary instructions to subordinate officers of the Education Department, for plugging the loopholes in the system for ensuring that selection for appointment in aided schools is made purely on merit and other |
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considerations are completely eliminated in the process of selection. The applications, if made, by the petitioners seeking permission to advertise the vacancies, shall be dealt with by the authorities as per law, and necessary order shall be passed within four weeks from the date of presentation of certified copy of this order before them.”
Aswal NITI RAJ SINGH ASWAL Digitally signed by NITI RAJ SINGH ASWAL DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, ou=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, 2.5.4.20=eacc6757ee7881e933ff8934f07477005aa85f9802a3a08b08d1369512ea30f3, postalCode=263001, st=UTTARAKHAND, serialNumber=44EB54CBF00B7698CB6F10C2CE3D26F5C22DACF4F4610C1FE58A58531726FBB0, cn=NITI RAJ SINGH ASWAL Date: 2025.12.10 04:16:34 -08'00'
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2 issues framed by the court
Whether the competent authority must decide on petitions for permission to advertise vacancies within a specified timeframe.
Whether to factor in a previous order quashing a ban on such advertisements.
Colour shows how this judgement treated each authority
WPMS No. 2839 of 2023Referred¶4
Management of Government Aided Educational Institutions
State of Uttarakhand
Manoj Kumar Tiwari
As recorded by the court registry
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