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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:77100 Court No. - 7 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 6409 of 2025 Petitioner :- Arvind Kumar Singh Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Rahul Jain Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Ramesh Chandra Dwivedi Hon'ble Vikram D. Chauhan,J.
1. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that charge with regard to appointment of officiating Principal has been denied to petitioner and one Nand Lal Pal who is complainant in respect of charge sheet against the petitioner has been given charge of officiating Principal in the Institution in question. Learned counsel for petitioner further submits that once there is a disapproval order dated 27.2.2025 passed by District Inspector of Schools, Kushinagar, by which suspension of petitioner was disapproved, then the District Inspector of Schools, Kushinagar could not have
directed for attestation of signature of the complainant-respondent no. 4. However, in view of the order passed today in Writ-A No. 4769 of 2025 (Committee of Management Janta Inter College Ramkola, District Kushinagar Vs. State of U.P. and 2 others), the impugned order is liable to be set aside and the District Inspector of Schools, Kushinagar is liable to be directed considering the appointment of the petitioner as officiating Principal of the Institution in question.
2. At this stage, learned counsel for the petitioner, learned counsel for respondent nos. 3 and 4 and learned Standing Counsel for the respondent-State submits that in view of the order passed today in Writ-A No. 4769 of 2025 (Committee of Management Janta Inter College Ramkola, District Kushinagar Vs. State of U.P. and 2 others), the present impugned order may also be set aside and the matter may be remanded back for decision afresh.
3. Accordingly, the order dated 27.2.2025 passed by District Inspector of Schools, Kushinagar is set aside and the matter is remanded back to District Inspector of Schools for decision afresh. The District Inspector of Schools shall consider the question of appointment of the petitioner as officiating Principal along with the matter of approval/disapproval and pass a composite order. If the District Inspector of Schools finds that the order of suspension
is required to be disapproved then simultaneously the order of appointment of the petitioner as officiating Principal shall also be considered.
4. Accordingly, the writ petition is allowed.
Order Date :- 12.5.2025 VMA Digitally signed by :- VISHWA MOHAN ARORA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad