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Ashok Chauhan v. State of Uttarakhand

Uttarakhand HC6 Nov 2025WPSS/1806/2025

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Writ petitions by teachers seeking a direction to decide their representations for Selection Grade benefit were disposed of with liberty to file separate fresh representations to Director, Secondary Education within two weeks, who must pass orders as per law within six months.

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Liberty to make separate fresh representations; Director Secondary Education directed to examine claims and pass orders within six months.

Ashok Chauhan Vs State of Uttarakhand — Pension and Retirement Benefits | Uttarakhand HC (2025)

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SL. No.	Date	Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s order with Signatures	COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS
			WPSS No. 1805 of 2025 With WPSS No. 1806 of 2025 WPSS No. 1807 of 2025 WPSS No. 1808 of 2025 WPSS No. 1810 of 2025 WPSS No. 1811 of 2025 WPSS No. 1812 of 2025 WPSS No. 1814 of 2025 WPSS No. 1815 of 2025 WPSS No. 1817 of 2025 WPSS No. 1818 of 2025 WPSS No. 1820 of 2025 WPSS No. 1821 of 2025 WPSS No. 1822 of 2025 Hon’ble Manoj Kumar Tiwari, J
			1. Mr. Nivesh Bahuguna & Mr. Niranjan Bhatt, Advocates for the petitioners. 2. Mr. Narayan Dutt, learned Standing Counsel for the State of Uttarakhand.
			3. 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. 1805 of 2025 alone are being considered and discussed.
			4. Petitioner has made a representation for benefit of Selection Grade. According to her, the same has not been decided so far, therefore, petitioner has filed this writ petition seeking a direction to the Competent Authority to take decision in the matter.
			5. Learned State Counsel submits that representation, enclosed as annexure 8
			to the writ petition, is a joint
			representation by more than nine

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persons and it would be difficult for the Competent Authority to examine the claim of all the Teachers, who have made such representation, separately in a joint representation. 6. Having regard to the facts of the case, the writ petitions are disposed of with liberty to petitioners to make separate fresh representations to Director, Secondary Education. If petitioners make separate representations within two weeks from today, Director Secondary Education shall examine the claim staked by petitioners and pass appropriate order, as per law, within six months from the date of presentation of certified copy of this order. (Manoj Kumar Tiwari, J) 06.11.2025 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: 2025.11.06 04:18:33 -08'00'

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Ashok Chauhan v. State of Uttarakhand

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