Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:145420 Court No. - 52 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 12065 of 2025 Petitioner :- Jyoti Singh Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Satendra Kumar,Sudhanshu Kumar Singh Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Suresh Kumar Maurya Hon'ble Mrs. Manju Rani Chauhan,J. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, Mr. Suresh Kumar Maurya, learned counsel for the respondent no.4 and learned Standing Counsel for the State- respondent and perused the records. The instant petition has been filed with a prayer to quash the engagement of petitioner as Booth Level Officer in the coming Gram Panchayat Election, 2025 as well as further prayer to decide the representations of the petitioner dated 25.07.2025 and 06.08.2025. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is working as an Assistant Teacher and has been deployed as a Booth Level Officer (hereinafter referred to as "BLO") in the Gram Panchayat Election, 2025. Placing reliance upon the interim order dated 10.12.2019 passed by the Co- ordinate Bench of this Court in Writ-A No.17591 of 2019 (Devendra Pal Singh and 14 others vs. State of U.P. and 5 others) as well as the order dated 25.03.2015 passed by Division Bench of this Court in the case of Public Interest Litigation (PIL) No.11028 of 2015 (Sunita Sharma Advocate High Court & another vs. State of U.P. & 3 others), learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the State and the District Administration cannot deploy the teachers of primary schools as BLOs without there being any authority of law. On the other hand, Mr. Suresh Kumar Maurya, learned counsel for the respondent no.4 submits that the controversy involved in the present petition has already been decided by the Co-ordinate Bench of this Court vide its judgement and order dated 11.02.2025 passed in the case of Surya Pratap Singh vs. State of U.P. and others (Writ-A No.16401 of 2024). In view of the above, the present writ petition is disposed of in terms of Surya Pratap Singh's case (supra). Order Date :- 22.8.2025 Jitendra/- Digitally signed by :- JITENDRA KUMAR YADAV High Court of Judicature at Allahabad