Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:26786 Court No. - 18 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 4312 of 2025 Petitioner :- Shiva Devi Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Child And Women Welfare Deptt. And 4 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Hari Narayan Singh Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Karunesh Singh Pawar,J. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned standing counsel for the State-respondent. Learned standing counsel on the basis of written instructions has submitted that respondent no.5-Neetu Sharma has been selected who has secured 13.86 marks on merit whereas the petitioner has secured 12.402 marks and, therefore, the petitioner has been outscored by the selected candidate namely, Neetu Sharma. The written instructions provided by learned standing counsel are taken on record. Perused the record. A perusal of the instructions shows that selection has been done in view of the Government Order dated 21.03.2023, the selected candidate belongs to BPL category and has obtained higher merit than the petitioner, there appears to be no illegality in the impugned selection. The writ petition being devoid of merits is accordingly dismissed. Order Date :- 7.5.2025 Saurabh Yadav/- Digitally signed by :- SAURABH YADAV High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench