Anil Kumar v. State of U.P. and 2 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Allahabad High Court single-judge order (Prakash Padia, J.) dated 13.1.2023 in WRIT - A No. 20395 of 2022; Anil Kumar v. State of U.P. and 2 others; counsel: Vikrant Pandey and Ram Awadh Maurya for petitioner, C.S.C. for respondents. Subject: mandamus sought against the District Inspector of Schools, Jaunpur (respondent no. 2) for financial approval of the petitioner's selection and appointment as Assistant clerk and payment of salary. The DIOS decision dated 4.1.2023 was placed on record during hearing and copy supplied to petitioner's counsel, who then sought dismissal with liberty. Outcome: petition dismissed with liberty to approach the appropriate forum. Relevant to dismissal-with-liberty practice in service/appointment matters concerning DIOS financial approval; no statute or precedent discussed.
What did the court decide?
Liberty to the petitioner to approach the appropriate forum.