JITENDRA SINGH v. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND
Court: High Court of Uttarakhand
Bench: HON'BLE SHRI JUSTICE MANOJ KUMAR GUPTA,HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUBHASH UPADHYAY
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Case summary
High Court of Uttarakhand judgment dated 2026-04-23. JITENDRA SINGH v. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND. Read the judgment and case details on LawSphereX.
Judgment text
IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL THE HON’BLE CHIEF JUSTICE MR. MANOJ KUMAR GUPTA AND THE HON’BLE JUSTICE MR. SUBHASH UPADHYAY Writ Petition (S/B) No. 231 of 2026 April 23, 2026 Jitendra Singh ----Petitioner Versus State of Uttarakhand & Others ----Respondents ------------------------------------------------------------------ Presence:- Ms. Sukhwani Singh, learned counsel holding brief of Mr. Parikshit Saini, learned counsel for the petitioner Mr. J. C. Pande, learned Standing counsel for the State JUDGMENT : (per Mr. Manoj Kumar Gupta C. J. ) 1. Heard learned counsel for the parties. 2. The petitioner is claiming salary of Principal as she has been working as Officiating Principal in the respondent Institution since 01. 05. 2025. She has already made a representation in this behalf to respondent no. 4 on 24. 11. 2025 through the Manager of the Institution, who has forwarded the said representation to respondent no.
4 with a favourable recommendation; however, she is not being paid salary for the post of Principal but for the post of Lecturer. 3. Learned Standing Counsel appearing for the State does not dispute that the representation filed by the petitioner is still pending and therefore a decision has to be taken on the same. 4. Accordingly, without expressing any opinion on merits, the writ petition is disposed of with direction to respondent no. 4 to take decision on the representation dated 24. 11. 2025 within four weeks from the date of communication of instant order along with photocopy of the representation dated 24. 11. 2025. 5. Pending application(s), if any, also stands disposed of. (MANOJ KUMAR GUPTA, C. J. ) (SUBHASH UPADHYAY, J. ) Dated: 23. 04. 2026 Rajni
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