Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:30475 Court No. - 4 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 1883 of 2025 Petitioner :- Payal Indauliya Respondent :- The State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Anura Singh,Atipriya Gautam,Madhaw Pandey Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Ajit Kumar,J. Petitioner is applied for maternity leave by moving application on 3.1.2025. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that since second application for maternity leave is within the 180 days from the first grant of maternity leave, respondent may consider application in view of relevant rules, which has been ultimately held to be not mandatory in the judgment of this Court in the case of Smt. Richa Shukla v. State of U.P. through Additional Chief Secretary, Basic Education, Service Single No. 32394 of 2019, decided on 11.12.2019. Learned Standing Counsel has no objection in the event application of the petitioner is disposed of in accordance with law. In view of above, this petition stands disposed of with direction to the respondent authority to consider and decide the representation of the petitioner in the light of judgment in the case of Smt. Richa Shukla (supra). Order Date :- 3.3.2025 Sanjeev Digitally signed by :- SANJEEV RANJAN High Court of Judicature at Allahabad