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2025 DAILYLAW 120064 (ALL)

SANTWANA GAUTAM v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. ADDL. CHIEF/ PRIN. SECY., HIGHER EDUCATION, LUCKNOW AND OTHERS

WRIC/819/2025 · 2025-01-30

Manish Mathur

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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:6182 Court No. - 19 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 819 of 2025 Petitioner :- Santwana Gautam Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief/ Prin. Secy., Higher Education, Lucknow And Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Nagendra Bahadur Singh Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Akhilesh Kumar Srivastava Hon'ble Manish Mathur,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for petitioner, learned State Counsel for opposite party no.1 and Mr. Akhilesh Kumar Srivastava, learned counsel for opposite parties 2 to 5. In view of order being passed, notice to opposite part no.6 stands dispensed with. 2. Petition has been filed seeking a direction to authority concerned to ensure re-examination of answer sheets by a qualified teacher having authority to evaluate answer sheets of Master in Performing Arts student. Further prayer to ensure consequences of fresh examination and for institution of enquiry in the evaluation of answer sheets of MPA-2024 and punishment of guilty persons have also been sought. 3. Learned counsel for petitioner has however not been able to indicate any provision for re-evaluation of answer sheets of aforesaid course in the university concerned. 4. At this stage, learned counsel for petitioner on the basis of instructions restricts his prayer for liberty to file a fresh representation before the authority concerned, which may be directed to be considered. 5. Considering the innocuous prayer, without entering into merits, liberty is granted to petitioner to file a fresh representation before appropriate authority within a week, who shall consider and decide the same expeditiously. Petitioner shall annex a certified copy of this order along with his fresh representation. 6. With aforesaid directions, the petition is finally disposed of. Order Date :- 30.1.2025 kvg/- Digitally signed by :- GIREESAN KV High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench