Dr. Rajesh Ranjan v. State of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Ayush, Lko. and 2 Others

Court No. - 20 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 9161 of 2023 Petitioner :- Dr. Rajesh Ranjan Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Ayush, Lko. And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Surya Kumar,Sugreev Kumar Sharma Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Manish Mathur,J.

¶1Heard learned counsel for petitioner and learned State Counsel for opposite parties.

¶2Petition has been filed quashing of the order dated

21.10.2020 refusing to renew services of petitioner on the post of House Physician with the opposite party no. 3. Further prayer for a direction to opposite parties to renew appointment of petitioner on contract basis against the vacant post of House Physician available in Government colleges has also been sought.

¶3It has been submitted that although initial contract of petitioner was for a period of eleven months only but contained a clause for renewal thereafter. It is also submitted that when the contract period of similarly situated persons as petitioner was not renewed, they approached this Court by filing petitions which were allowed, in which appropriate directions were issued and in pursuance of which their contracts were renewed and such persons are still continuing on contract basis with the opposite parties depriving petitioner of the similar benefit.

¶4After arguing at some length, learned counsel for petitioner on the basis of instructions seeks to withdrawal this petition with liberty to approach the authorities concerned.

¶5In view of submissions advanced, petition is dismissed as withdrawn with the aforesaid liberty. Order Date :- 29.11.2023 Satish High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench