HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW SPECIAL APPEAL No. - 290 of 2024 Court No. - 10 HON'BLE RAJNISH KUMAR, J. HON'BLE RAJEEV SINGH, J. 1. Heard Mrs. Archana Gupta, mother of the appellant- Priyam Gupta, in person, Sri Jaideep Narayan Mathur, learned Senior Advocate assisted by Ms. Aishvarya Mathur, learned counsel for the respondent no.5, Sri Prashant Pandey, learned counsel for the respondent no.2 and learned A.G.A. for the State. 2. This special appeal has been filed challenging the order dated 28.11.2024 passed in Writ-C No. 6948 of 2024 (Priyam Gupta Vs. State of U.P. and Ors.) by means of which the writ petition has been dismissed and claim of the petitioner for grant of Hindi as 6th subject in I.S.C. has been declined. 3. This Court has interacted with the appellant- Priyam Gupta, who is present in person. The petitioner has informed that she had initially taken Mathematics and Science with Hindi in Class 11th. However subsequently, she changed her mind and took Art Subjects, i.e., Fashion Designing, Legal Studies, English, Political Science, History and SUPW alongwith Hindi, but the Hindi subject was not given to her on the ground that now it is not being taught in the institution (respondent no.5), whereas, one student, namely, Vanya Ahuja has been given Hindi, therefore, she approached this Court. She has also stated that in case the Hindi subject is allowed to be studied, she will complete her course with Versus Counsel for Appellant(s) : In Person Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., Aishvarya Mathur, Prashant Pandey Priyam Gupta Thru. Mother Archana Gupta .....Appellant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. The Secy. Deptt. Of School Education And Literacy, Lko. And 3 Ors .....Respondent(s) the assistance, whichever may be given by the school and she will be able to achieve good marks in all the subjects including the Hindi. She also stated that being mother-language, she wants to study it and also in future for her career, therefore, she has already purchased the books of Hindi and studying. 4. Learned counsel for the respondents nos.2 and 5, on the instructions, submit that they will allow the appellant- Priyam Gupta to appear in Hindi alongwith other subjects in Class-12th I.S.C. Board Examination and for the said purpose, all the formalities will be completed by them. 5. It is also stated by learned counsel for the respondent no.5 that the school/college will give all possible assistance to the petitioner, but now time is too short, therefore, the petitioner will have to study hard to complete the course. However, the appearance of the petitioner in the 12th I.S.C. Board Examination will be at her own risk as regards the Hindi subject. 6. It is next submitted by learned counsel for the respondent no.5 that the school/college will forward the application of the petitioner for her appearance in the 12th I.S.C. Board Examination, 2025-26 within a week. It is submitted by learned counsel for the respondent no.2 that in case the form is forwarded as above, the Board will allow the petitioner. 7. Learned counsel for the respondents nos.2 and 5 also submit that they have given the aforesaid statements without going into the maintainability and merit of the case. 8. In view of above, the petition is disposed of in terms of the statements of learned counsel for the respondents nos. 2 and 5 with the hope that they shall abide by their statements made before this Court. September 24, 2025 Arpan SPLA No. 290 of 2024 2 (Rajeev Singh,J.) (Rajnish Kumar,J.) Digitally signed by :- ARPAN High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench