NAVEEN PRAKASH NAUTIYAL ANURAG TIWARY, ,PRIYANSH MITTAL vs HNB GARHWAL UNIVERSITY Advocate - DR. KARTIKEY HARI GUPTA — WPPIL/209/2025

Case under Under Article 226 of the Constituion of India Section 226. Disposed: Contested--DISMISSED on 15th April 2026.

Case disposed

CNR: UKHC010181532025

Filing Number

WPPIL/8733/2025

Filing Date

14-Nov-2025

Registration No

WPPIL/209/2025

Registration Date

14-Nov-2025

Judge

Hon'ble Shri Justice Manoj Kumar Gupta , Hon'ble Mr. Justice Subhash Upadhyay

Coram

Hon'ble Shri Justice Manoj Kumar Gupta , Hon'ble Mr. Justice Subhash Upadhyay

Bench Type

Division Bench

Category

MISC WRIT PETITION ( 2 )

Sub-Category

PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION ( 45 )

Judicial Branch

ALL SECTIONS (CIVIL AND CRIMINAL)

Decision Date

15-Apr-2026

Nature of Disposal

Contested--DISMISSED

Last updated 23-May-2026

Acts & Sections

Under Article 226 of the Constituion of India Section 226

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.NAVEEN PRAKASH NAUTIYAL ANURAG TIWARY, ,PRIYANSH MITTAL

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.HNB GARHWAL UNIVERSITY Advocate - DR. KARTIKEY HARI GUPTA

  2. 2.DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

    Adv. DEPUTY S.G.,MANOJ KUMAR

  3. 3.UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMISSION

    Adv. ANJALI BHARGAVA

  4. 4.PROF SHRI PRAKASH SINGH

    Adv. KAUSHAL SAH JAGATI

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 15-Apr-2026

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Manoj Kumar Gupta,Hon'ble Mr. Justice Subhash UpadhyayView PDF

    Summary The Uttarakhand High Court dismissed a writ petition challenging Prof. Shri Prakash Singh's appointment as Vice-Chancellor of HNB Garhwal University, finding that the appointment complied with the Central Universities Act, 2009 and UGC Regulations 2018. The court held that since a duly constituted search committee followed proper statutory procedures and found him eligible based on his combined academic and administrative experience (including tenure at the Indian Institute of Public Administration), courts should defer to expert committee recommendations absent allegations of mala fides. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

  3. 11-Mar-2026

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Manoj Kumar Gupta,Hon'ble Mr. Justice Subhash UpadhyayView PDF

  4. 11-Mar-2026

    Admission Matters -25

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Manoj Kumar Gupta , Hon'ble Mr. Justice Subhash Upadhyay

  5. 10-Feb-2026

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Manoj Kumar Gupta,Hon'ble Mr. Justice Subhash UpadhyayView PDF

  6. 10-Feb-2026

    Fresh Cases For Admission -3

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Manoj Kumar Tiwari , Hon'ble Mr. Justice Subhash Upadhyay

  7. 16-Dec-2025

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Manoj Kumar Tiwari,Hon'ble Mr. Justice Subhash UpadhyayView PDF

  8. 16-Dec-2025

    Fresh Cases For Admission -3

    Hon'ble Mr Justice G. Narendar , Hon'ble Mr. Justice Subhash Upadhyay

  9. 15-Dec-2025

    Hon'ble Mr Justice G. Narendar,Hon'ble Mr. Justice Subhash UpadhyayView PDF

  10. 17-Nov-2025

    First hearing

    Initial hearing scheduled

  11. 14-Nov-2025

    Case filed

    Registration No. WPPIL/209/2025

casestatus.in Summary

Summary The Uttarakhand High Court dismissed a writ petition challenging Prof. Shri Prakash Singh's appointment as Vice-Chancellor of HNB Garhwal University, finding that the appointment complied with the Central Universities Act, 2009 and UGC Regulations 2018. The court held that since a duly constituted search committee followed proper statutory procedures and found him eligible based on his combined academic and administrative experience (including tenure at the Indian Institute of Public Administration), courts should defer to expert committee recommendations absent allegations of mala fides. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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