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2025 DAILYLAW 143633 (ALL)

SILOCHANA DEVI v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. ADDL. PRIN. SECY. BAL VIKAS EVAM PUSHTAHAR LKO. AND 5 OTHERS

WRIA/6471/2025 · 2025-07-18

Manish Mathur

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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:41200 Court No. - 18 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 6471 of 2025 Petitioner :- Silochana Devi Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Prin. Secy. Bal Vikas Evam Pushtahar Lko. And 5 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Alok Kumar Singh Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Manish Mathur,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for petitioner and learned State Counsel for opposite parties no. 1 to 5. 2. In view of order being passed, notice to opposite party no.6 stands dispensed with. 3. Learned counsel for petitioner is granted liberty to correct the nomenclature in prayer no.1 during the course of day. 4. Petition has been filed challenging selection of opposite party no.6 i.e. Savitri Devi W/o Chandra Kishor on the post of Aganwadi Worker from the Village Madiya, District Lakhimpur Kheri. 5. It has been submitted that petitioner also applied for the same and was placed higher than the opposite party no.6 in the select list but the said opposite party has been selected ignoring the fact that she is the wife of the current Pradhan of the village and has been wrongly selected in the below poverty line category. 6. Since consideration of petitioner's grievance would entail factual aspects, liberty is granted to petitioner to file a fresh representation before the opposite party no.3 i.e. District Magistrate, Lakhimpur Kheri or any other competent authority who shall consider and decide the same within a period of three weeks from the date a certified copy of this order is produced before the said authority after affording opportunity of hearing to all concerned. 7. With aforesaid directions, petition stands disposed of. Order Date :- 18.7.2025 Satish Digitally signed by :- SATISH KUMAR BHARATI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench