Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:56513-DB Chief Justice's Court Case :- PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 799 of 2025 Petitioner :- Mohini Minor and 3 others Respondent :- State of U.P. and another Counsel for Petitioner :- Rajesh Kumar Singh Counsel for Respondent :- Jagdish Pathak, S.C. Hon'ble Arun Bhansali,Chief Justice Hon'ble Kshitij Shailendra,J. 1. This petition purportedly in public interest has been filed by the petitioners seeking a direction to the respondents to take appropriate action for upgradation of the Government High School, Midhawali, Sadabad, District - Hathras as Government Inter College. 2. Submission has been made that the petitioners students, have sent a representation to the respondents seeking upgradation of the school in question, however, the said representation has been returned with the endorsement that the same was refused by the Secretary, Secondary Education Board, U.P., which is not justified. 3. Learned Standing Counsel for the respondents submits that the upgradation of the schools takes place based on the parameters laid down by the State. 4. Though the upgradation may take place based on the parameters laid down by the respondents, the representation which has been made by the petitioners, needs to be examined by the competent authority and the viability of the school in question also needs to be examined and the denial even to receive the representation cannot be countenanced. 5. Consequently, the petition filed by the petitioners is disposed of. The respondent nos. 1 & 2, are required to decide the representation made by the petitioners as contained in the writ petition along with the submissions made in the writ petition, within a period of four weeks from today. 6. It would be the responsibility of the learned Standing Counsel to ensure that the copy of the writ petition containing the representation, is sent to the respondent nos. 1 & 2 along with a copy of the order. 7. The order passed shall be communicated to the guardian of petitioner no. 4 Mr. Elam Singh Dhangar son of Radhey Shyam Dhangar, resident of village - Gadh Umrao, Sadabad, District - Hathras. Order Date :- 17.4.2025 nd (Kshitij Shailendra, J) (Arun Bhansali, CJ) Digitally signed by :- NISITH DEY High Court of Judicature at Allahabad