LPA/1195/2025

NEUTRAL CITATION C/LPA/1195/2025 JUDGMENT DATED: 01/07/2026 2026:GUJHC:40119-DB IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/LETTERS PATENT APPEAL NO. 1195 of 2025 In R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION/15226/2022 ========================================================== PRITIBEN FARSURAM KHATRI (PRITIBALA FARSURAM KHATRI) Versus PRESIDENT/MANTRI SHREE/OFFICE SUPERINTENDENT SHREE & ORS. ========================================================== Appearance: MR ARPIT P PATEL(5497) for the Appellant(s) No. 1 MS KRISHA DESAI, AGP for the Respondent(s) No. 2,3,4 VYOM H SHAH(9387) for the Respondent(s) No. 1 ========================================================== CORAM:HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.S.SANJAY GOWDA and HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE J. L. ODEDRA Date : 01/07/2026 ORAL JUDGMENT (PER : HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.S.SANJAY GOWDA) 1. The appellant was appointed as a Warden pursuant to an interview conducted on 28.01.1997. An appointment order was also issued in her favour on 30.1.1997 and she was accorded a pay scale of Rs.1150–25–1500/- and she started her duties as a Warden. 2. It is not in dispute that this appointment as a Warden was made subject to the condition that the State should approve the