Ritesh Kumar Singh and 11 Others v. State of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Deptt. of Appointment Lko.and 3 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Writ - A No. 12125 of 2025; High Court of Judicature at Allahabad (Lucknow Bench), Court No. 7; Hon'ble Manish Mathur, J.; decided October 14, 2025; Ritesh Kumar Singh and 11 others v. State of U.P. through Addl. Chief Secretary, Department of Appointment and 3 others; Assistant Prosecution Officers Examination-2025; Advertisement No. A-8/E-1/2025 dated 16.09.2025; upper age limit cut-off date 01.07.2024 versus 01.07.2025; recruitment year 2024-25; requisitions for 67 and 115 posts before 30.06.2025; delay by Commission in issuing advertisement; Uttar Pradesh Prosecuting Officers Service Rules 1991, Rules 10 and 14; State Government order dated 13.02.2025; parity with similarly placed over-aged candidates; fresh representation to Additional Chief Secretary, Department of Appointment, Lucknow; representation to be decided within two weeks; writ petition disposed of.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of with directions: petitioners permitted to file a fresh representation before opposite party no.1 (Additional Chief Secretary, Department of Appointment, Government of Uttar Pradesh, Civil Secretariat, Lucknow), which shall be considered and decided expeditiously within two weeks from production of a certified copy of the order; the mandamus sought (substituting the upper age limit cut-off of 01.07.2025 with 01.07.2024 and accepting the petitioners' applications) was not granted by this court.