HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - A No. - 8499 of 2025 Court No. - 18 HON'BLE SIDDHARTH NANDAN, J. 1. The petitioner had filed the aforesaid writ petition challenging the order dated 23.05.2025 (Annexure No. 1) by way of which the senior-most teacher Shri Vinod Kumar was given charge of an officiating Principal. The aforesaid order was challenged on the ground that once the senior most teacher has declined to accept the position of the Officiating Principal, subsequently he could not have been appointed, which has been done by the impugned order. 2. This court, vide order dated 19.06.2025, had stayed the effect and operation of the order dated 23.05.2025 passed by District Inspector of Schools and consequential order attesting the signature of respondent no.4 and the petitioner was permitted to continue and discharge duty as an officiating Principal of the institution. 3. The aforesaid interim order dated 19.06.2025 was challenged by respondent nos.4 and 5, who have preferred Special Appeal No. 651 of 2025 (Vinod Kumar and Anr. Vs. State of U.P. and Ors.). Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the aforesaid special appeal has been disposed of vide judgment and order dated 28.07.2025, by way of which the District Inspector of Schools has been directed to decide the factual issue relating to the appellant having given up his right to officiate as the senior most teacher in the institution or not. 4. The consent order has been passed that in case, the impugned order in the present writ petition dated 23.05.2025 is quashed, the matter may be Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Ramesh Chandra Tiwari Counsel for Respondent(s) : Suchita Tripathi, C.S.C., Naresh Chandra Tripathi Moulabi Ram .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. And 3 Others .....Respondent(s) remitted to the District Inspector of Schools for consideration of the said factual aspect and the status, as in existence before passing of the order dated 23.05.2025 is permitted to continue; accordingly the impugned order dated 23.05.2025 has been quashed and as a result the writ petition stands allowed. 5. In view of the aforesaid, no further orders are required to be passed in the present writ petition. 6. Accordingly, the aforesaid writ petition may be consigned to record. October 17, 2025 Sumit K. WRIA No. 8499 of 2025 2 (Siddharth Nandan,J.) Digitally signed by :- SUMIT KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad