Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:7302 Court No. - 18 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 1507 of 2025 Petitioner :- Vivek Singh And 5 Others Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Secy. Deptt. Of Med. Health And Family Welfare Lko. And Another Counsel for Petitioner :- Alok Mishra,Priyanshu Shukla Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Manish Kumar Nigam,J. 1. This petition has been filed by the petitioner for the following relief:- (i) To issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of Mandamus commanding the opposite parties to grant the petitioners weightage on the post of Optometrist in the regular selection in pursuance of the advertisement dated 12.07.2023 on account of the past services rendered by them on contract basis as an Optometrist under the National Health Mission, keeping in view judgement and orders dated 16.01.2024 passed by this Hon'ble Court in Writ - A No.9881 of 2023 as well as Writ - A No.122 of 2023 in the case of similarly situated Optometrist. 2. The petitioner is working as Optometrist on contract basis w.e.f. 02.01.2013 in District - Gorakhpur under National Health Mission Scheme and performing the same nature of job as to that of regular counterpart. The petitioner had prayed that in the ongoing selection the petitioner may be given weightage on the post of Optometrist in the regular selection in pursuance to the advertisement dated 12.07.2023 on account of passed services rendered by them. It has also been submitted by learned counsel for petitioners that the petitioners have appeared in the main examination which was held in January, 2025. Learned counsel for the petitioners has relied upon the judgement passed by this Court dated 16.1.2024 in Writ - A No.9881 of 2023; Sudeep Shukla and 45 others versus State of U.P. through Principal Secretary, Department Medical Health Family Welfare, Civil Govt., Lucknow and 2 others. 3. Since the controversy involved in the present case is same as in case of Sudeep Shukla and 45 others (supra), this writ petition is also disposed of in terms of the judgement and order dated 16.01.2024 passed in the case of Sudeep Shukla and 45 others versus State of U.P. through Principal Secretary, Medical Health Family Welfare, Civil Govt. and 2 others Writ -A No.9881 of 2023. [Manish Kumar Nigam,J.] Order Date :- 5.2.2025 KR Digitally signed by :- RABINDRA KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench Digitally signed by :- RABINDRA KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench