HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW WRIT - A No. - 12740 of 2025 Court No. - 7 HON'BLE MANISH MATHUR, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for petitioner and learned state counsel for opposite parties. 2. Petition has been filed seeking a direction to concerned authority to provide benefit of service to petitioner treating her in service from the date of issuance of select list as has been provided to similarly situated candidates. 3. It has been submitted that earlier for the purposes of recruitment on the post of Constable in the U.P. Police pertaining to the recruitment process initiated in the year 2018, petitioner had applied under the General category but her candidature was rejected at that time and subsequently in the year 2023, she was appointed on the post of Constable under the Other Backward Category quota. 4. It is submitted that subsequently, vide order dated 20th July 2023, the mistake was indicated and it has been admitted that petitioner was earlier rejected due to a misconception that she had applied under the O.B.C. category. It is therefore submitted that since the opposite parties have admitted their mistake, service benefits to petitioner are required to be provided from the date the select list was initially issued and not from the year 2023. 5. Since petitioner's grievances would require consideration of factual aspects, liberty is granted to petitioner to make a fresh representation before opposite party No. 2 i.e. Additional Secretary (Recruitment), Uttar Pradesh Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Sanjai Kumar Pandey, Atul Tripathi, Manoj Kumar Pathak Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C. Anjali .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy., Deptt. Of Home Lko. And 3 Others .....Respondent(s) Recruitment and Promotion Board, Lucknow. In case such a representation is filed, the same is required to be decided within a period of six weeks from the date a certified copy of this order is produced before the said authority. 6. The petition stands disposed of. November 3, 2025 prabhat WRIA No. 12740 of 2025 2 (Manish Mathur,J.) Digitally signed by :- PRABHAT KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench