✦ High Court of India · 11 Aug 2025

DB iv v. I ssue any ot her or furt her writ order or direct ion which

Case Details High Court of India · 11 Aug 2025
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High Court of India
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11 Aug 2025
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St at e of Ut t arakhand and Ot hers - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Pr e s e n ce : - None is present for t he pet it ioners. Mr. Pankaj Miglani, Advocat e for respondent no.2/ Public Service Com m ission t hrough V.C. Mr. Yogesh Chandra Tiwari, t he St at e. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - H o n ’ b l e M a n o j K u m a r Ti w a r i , J. H o n ’ b l e Su b h a sh Up a d h y a y , J. learned St anding Counsel ( Pe r : H o n ’ b l e M a n o j K u m a r Ti w a r i , J.) JUD GM EN T This writ pet it ion was filed by pet it ioners in 2020 seeking following reliefs: - i. ii. iii. cert iorari I ssue a writ , order or direct ion in t he nat ure of t he order/ office m em orandum dat ed 10.09.2020 ( Annexure No. 6 ( Colly) t o t he writ pet it ion) . quashing t he I ssue a writ , order or direct ion in t he nat ure of t he m andam us direct ing t he respondent no. 2 t o perm it t he pet it ioners provisionally in t he int erview t he cert ificat e as per prescribed proform a of appendix- 02 ( Annexure No. 5 t o t he writ pet it ion) t aking int o account cert ificat e t he respondent no. 3 ( Annexure No. 4 ( Colly) t o t he writ pet it ion) . issued by ignoring I ssue a writ , order or direct ion in t he nat ure of t he m andam us direct ing t he respondent no. 3 t o t he t he provisional cert ificat e pet it ioners as per prescribed proform a of appendix- 02 dat ed 04.08.2017 t he writ t o pet it ion) pr ior t o scheduled int erview. t he ( Annexure No. 1 not ificat ion t o 1 iv. v. I ssue any ot her or furt her writ , order or direct ion which t his Hon'ble Court m ay deem fit and proper in t he circum st ances of t he case. To award t he cost of t he pet it ion in favor of t he pet it ioners.”

2. Co- ordinat e Bench dat ed

05.11.2020 direct ed Public Service Com m ission t o perm it t he pet it ioners t o appear in t he int erview.

3. Mr. Pankaj Miglani, learned counsel appearing t he Public Service Com m ission/ respondent no.2 subm it s t hat aft er select ion, result of bot h pet it ioners was declared on 03.12.2020. He subm it s t hat pet it ioner no.1 scored 56 m arks only whereas m arks scored by last candidat e belonging t o Ut t arakhand Fem ale ( General Cat egory) was 65, t herefore, pet it ioner no.1 was not recom m ended for appoint m ent .

4. He furt her subm it s t hat since pet it ioner no.2 belongs t o Ut t arakhand Wom en ( Scheduled Cast e Cat egory) and t he m arks scored by last candidat e belonging t o said cat egory was 45 and pet it ioner no.2 also scored 45 m arks, t herefore, her nam e was recom m ended for appoint m ent t o t he com pet ent aut horit y. Thus, Mr. Miglani, learned counsel respondent no.2 subm it s t hat t he reliefs claim ed by pet it ioners do not survive aft er declarat ion of t heir result .

5. We find subst ance in t he subm ission t hat in view of t he developm ent s which t ook place during pendency of t he writ pet it ion, reliefs as claim ed in t he 2 writ pet it ion do not survive. Accordingly, t he writ pet it ion is dism issed. ( Su b h a sh Up a d h y a y , J.) ( M a n o j K u m a r Ti w a r i , J.) 11.08.2025 SS SUKHBANT SINGH DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, ou=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, 2.5.4.20=71978f9c61bfde0ba69967c787b1764ea7bc7dd129a 8a6380d49b1885e628615, postalCode=263001, st=UTTARAKHAND, serialNumber=2D8B71B8D8E345F6B7F95B1DD4FB4BEBD2B7 D72C42261361AED33172F152148D, cn=SUKHBANT SINGH 3

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