Rakesh Kumar Mishra v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Secondary Education, U.P. Lucknow and 4 Others

Court No. - 8 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 9396 of 2023 Petitioner :- Rakesh Kumar Mishra Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Secondary Education, U.P. Lucknow And 4 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Vinay Misra,Amulya Pandey Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Pankaj Bhatia,J. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Standing Counsel for the State respondent and perused the material brought on record. The present writ petition has been filed by the petitioner with the following prayers:- "(i) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding the opposite party no. 4 to attest forthwith the signature of the petitioner as Principal in Sri Ram Nayan Upadhyay, Panini Sanskrit Madhyamik Vidhyalaya, Sonpur, Deorakha, Pratapgarh.

(ii) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding the opposite party no. 4 to forward the examination form of the students to the institution in question for participating in the examination of Poorva Madhyana and Uttar Madhyama 2023-24 after due attestation of the signatures of the petitioner, in the interest of justice." The contention of the counsel for the petitioner is that despite there being an order in favour of the petitioner, the respondent no. 5 is not taking steps for attestation of the signatures. Learned Standing Counsel has produced the instructions to state that the matter was referred to the Director-respondent no. 2, who has ceased the matter, the present writ petition is disposed of with direction to respondent no. 5 to take a decision on the reference so made in accordance with law. While doing so, the objections of the respondent no. 3 shall also be considered. The respondent no. 2 shall pass orders as directed above, within a period of three weeks from the date of production of certified copy of this order. Order Date :- 11.12.2023 Arun High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench