HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - A No. - 8301 of 2026 Court No. - 52 HON'BLE MRS. MANJU RANI CHAUHAN, J. The supplementary affidavit filed today by learned counsel for the petitioner is taken on record. The office is directed to register the same. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Standing Counsel for the State. The writ petition has been filed with the following prayers:- “(i) Issue a writ, order or direction of a suitable nature commanding the respondent to forthwith grant appointment to the petitioner as the Head Master of a privately managed recognized and aided Jr. High School on the basis of the provisional selected list dated 24.12.2025 and participation of the petitioner in the counseling/document verification on 19.01.2026/21.01.2026 within a period to be specified by this Court. (ii) Issue a writ, order or direction of a suitable nature commanding the respondent to permit the petitioner to function as Head Master of a privately managed recognized and aided institution in accordance with the preference submitted by the petitioner and to pay the petitioner her regular salary monthly on the said post." On 27.05.2026, the following order was passed:- "Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been selected on the post of Headmaster and her name finds place at Sl. No. 406 in the select list annexed at Page-39 of the writ petition. She was called for document verification, however, in the final list her name does not find place for the reasons best known to the respondent authority. On the aforesaid, Mr. Brijesh Narain, learned Standing Counsel appearing for the State, requests for ten days' time to obtain instructions in the matter. Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Sanjeev Kumar Khare, Sr. Advocate Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C. Priyanka .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. And 2 Others .....Respondent(s) Put up this case on 08th June, 2026 as fresh." In the compliance affidavit filed on behalf of respondent no.3, the relevant paragraph nos.15 and 16 are as follows:- "15. That it is also mentioned in the letter that, the experience certificate submitted by the petitioner does not bear the countersignature of the concerned clerk of the Block Education Office, Development Block Saurikh, nor is any office record available relating to such countersignature. Generally, such countersignatures are recorded in the office records and registers, but no such record has been found in the available records. Therefore, the authenticity and genuineness of the said experience certificate appear to be doubtful. 16. That it is also noteworthy that there is no office file, correspondence or record available regarding any countersignature made by the undersigned on the said experience certificate. In such circumstances, it is not possible to verify the authenticity of the documents solely on the basis of documents submitted by the petitioner before the Hon'ble Court." In the supplementary affidavit filed today by learned counsel for the petitioner, the experience certificates have been placed on page-7. In view of the aforesaid, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction that, in case the petitioner presents a certified copy of this order along with the aforesaid experience certificates and a representation before respondent no.3 District Basic Education Officer, Kannauj, within three weeks from today, the same shall be considered by the said respondent, in accordance with law, after verification of the certificates and after affording the petitioner a proper opportunity of hearing, by means of passing a reasoned and speaking order, expeditiously and preferably within a period of six weeks from the date of production of a certified copy of this order, if there is no legal impediment. October 1, 2026 Rahul. WRIA No. 8301 of 2026 2 (Mrs. Manju Rani Chauhan,J.) Digitally signed by :- RAHUL GOSWAMI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad