ARVIND KUMAR NIRANJAN AND 3 OTHERS v. STATE OF U.P. AND 7 OTHERS
WRIA/13661/2025 · 2025-09-11
Manju Rani Chauhan
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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - A No. - 13661 of 2025 Court No. - 52 HON'BLE MRS. MANJU RANI CHAUHAN, J. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, Mr. Kaushlesh Pratap Singh, learned counsel for the respondent no.3, Mr. Rama Nand Pandey, learned counsel for the respondent no.7 & 8, learned Standing Counsel for the State-respondent and perused the records. The present writ petition has been filed inter-alia for the following reliefs:-
"a) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of Certiorari quashing the Clause- 3.1 of impugned order dated 11.07.2025 passed by State Election Commission (respondent No. 2) to the extent in which Teachers including petitioners of the Junior Basic School including petitioner has been appointed as Booth Level Officer (Annexure No. 1 to this writ petition). b) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of Certiorari quashing impugned orders dated 16.07.2025 & 20.08.2025 passed by Sub Divisional Officer/Assistant Electoral Registration Officer (Panchayat and Local Bodies), Tehsil Moth, Jhansi as well as order dated 27.08.2025 passed by District Basic Education Officer, District Jhansi (respondent No. 7) (Annexure No. 2, 3 & 4 to this writ petition). c) Issue a writ, order or direction in the suitable nature restraining the Respondents from assigning Booth Level Officer duty and other non-teaching duties to petitioner and also not to take any coercive action against petitioners in view of the judgment dated 11.02.2025 passed by this Hon'ble Court in Surya Pratap Singh Vs. State of U.P. and others, 2025 (2) ADJ 351. d) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents to pay regular salary to the petitioners month to month. Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Satyendra Chandra Tripathi Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., Kaushlesh Pratap Singh, Rama Nand Pandey Arvind Kumar Niranjan And 3 Others .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. And 7 Others .....Respondent(s)
e) Issue a writ, order or direction which this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper under the facts and circumstances of the case.
f) award the cost of the writ petition in favour of the petitioners." At the very outset, learned counsel for the respondent nos.3, 7 and 8 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 (supra). September 12, 2025 Jitendra/- WRIA No. 13661 of 2025 2 (Mrs. Manju Rani Chauhan,J.) Digitally signed by :- JITENDRA KUMAR YADAV High Court of Judicature at Allahabad