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GAURAV PRATAP SINGH v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. REVENUE DEPTT. LKO. AND 2 OTHERS

WRIA/9997/2025 · 2025-09-02

Manish Mathur

Civil Appealbody2025

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW WRIT - A No. - 9997 of 2025 Court No. - 8 HON'BLE MANISH MATHUR, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned state counsel for opposite parties 1 and 2 and Mr. Utsav Misra, learned counsel for opposite party No.3, whose power filed today is taken on record today. 2. Petition has been filed seeking a direction to concerned authority to consider petitioner's appointment on the post of Revenue Lekhal advertised vide advertisement No. 1 of 2022. 3. Learned counsel for opposite party No.3 has raised a preliminary objection regarding maintainability of this petition in view of the fact that the same dispute was under consideration before Hon'ble Supreme Court in Civil Appeal No. 12069 of 2024, Reetesh Kumar Singh and others versus State of Uttar Pradesh and others and specific embargo has been imposed with regard to any further entertaining of petition pertaining to the said dispute. 4. Upon consideration of submissions advanced by learned counsel for parties and perusal of material on record, it is quite evident that the issue before Supreme Court pertained to the same selection for the post of Revenue Lekhpal in the state of Uttar Pradesh, which was advertised on 7th January 2022. The judgment and order clearly stipulates an embargo in paragraph 16 that no court is now required to entertain any petition pertaining to the dispute. The Registry was also directed not to entertain any further application with regard to aforesaid. Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Rahul Roshan Dubey Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C. Gaurav Pratap Singh .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Revenue Deptt. Lko. And 2 Others .....Respondent(s) 5. In view of the embargo imposed by Hon'ble Supreme Court, as indicated herein above, this petition is neither maintainable nor entertainable and is, therefore, dismissed at the admission stage itself. Parties to bear their own costs. September 2, 2025 prabhat WRIA No. 9997 of 2025 2 (Manish Mathur,J.) Digitally signed by :- PRABHAT KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench Digitally signed by :- PRABHAT KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench Digitally signed by :- PRABHAT KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench