Poonam Tripathi v. State of U.P. Thru. Secy. Secondary Education, Lucknow and Others

Court No. - 8 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 10840 of 2023 Petitioner :- Poonam Tripathi Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Secy. Secondary Education, Lucknow And Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Rajeev Kumar Mishra Rudra,Sonam Kumari Thapa Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Pankaj Bhatia,J. Heard Ms. Sonam Kumari Thapa, learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Standing Counsel for the State respondent and perused the record. Present petition has been filed with the following prayers: "i) issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding respondents to allow the petitioner a chance to appear in the Third Semester Mathematics Exam as a back paper, as she has already passed in all her semester exam, or in the alternate, grant her grace marks in the concerned subject, required to pass the same as her education degree is incomplete without it.

ii) issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus directing to respondent no.3 to decide the petitioner's representation as presented before them for allowing her to either appear in 3rd semester mathematics exam." Petitioner's claim is that she has filed a representation for consideration of the grievances, which is pending before respondent no.3. Considering the submissions made at the Bar, the writ petition is disposed off giving liberty to the petitioner to file a fresh representation before respondent no.3 alongwith a copy of this order raising her grievances, which shall be considered and decided by respondent no.3 in accordance with law within a period of two months from the date of filing of the representation. Order Date :- 13.12.2023 Arun High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench