Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:15944-DB Chief Justice's Court Case :- SPECIAL APPEAL DEFECTIVE No. - 864 of 2007 Appellant :- State of U.P. Thru Prin. Secy. Prison and 2 others Respondent :- Ratnesh Kumar Singh and 3 others Counsel for Appellant :- Isha Mittal (A.C.S.C.) Counsel for Respondent :- U.C. Pandey Hon'ble Arun Bhansali,Chief Justice Hon'ble Jaspreet Singh,J. 1. The present appeal is barred by 33 days. An application under Section 5 of the Limitation Act has been filed seeking condonation of delay. 2. For the reasons indicated in the application supported by the affidavit, the same is allowed. The delay in filing the appeal is condoned. 3. This appeal is directed against order dated 12.04.2007 whereby the learned Single Judge issued a direction to the appellants to fill up the vacancies of General Category also in accordance with law as the same had not been filled up while issuing advertisement. The dispute pertains to filling of the posts of Jail Warden. 4. By order dated 16.12.2024, learned counsel for the appellants was granted time to find out whether after passing of the order dated 12.04.2007 any advertisement was issued for recruitment of Jail Wardens. 5. The learned Standing Counsel has produced the instructions inter alia indicating that the advertisement dated 02.08.2011 was issued for appointment on 8 posts, out of which 7 were for General Category and 1 was for Schedule Caste and thereafter again a further advertisement dated 30th September, 2018 was issued. 6. In view of above fact situation, wherein the appellants after passing of the judgment impugned have issued advertisement wherein posts have been advertised in General Category as well, the appeal has been rendered infructuous. 7. The appeal is therefore dismissed as having become infructuous. Order Date :- 19.3.2025 RK/Asheesh/- (Jaspreet Singh, J.) (Arun Bhansali, CJ.) Digitally signed by :- RAJESH KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench