Petition regarding deployment of teachers as Booth Level Officers for election duties. Relying on a prior Division Bench judgment of the same Court, the Court directed that teachers may be deployed on non-teaching days/hours only and disposed of the writ petition.
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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
WRIT - A No. - 14980 of 2025
Ritu Singh And 5 Others
.....Petitioner(s)
Versus
State Of U.P. And 6 Others
.....Respondent(s)
| Counsel for Petitioner(s) | : Ramesh Singh |
|---|---|
| Counsel for Respondent(s) | : C.S.C. |
Court No. - 32
HON'BLE SAURABH SHYAM SHAMSHERY, J.
QUESTIONS
"(1) Whether the provisions of Section 27 of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 permit the deployment of teachers to do any kind of duties relating to elections before the issue of an election notification relating to a Local Body, a State Assembly or the Parliament under appropriate provisions of the law?
(2) Whether before or after the issue of notifications relating to elections to a Local Body, a State Assembly or the Parliament, can teachers be deployed to any kind of election-related work on teaching days or during teaching hours?"
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
WRIA No. 14980 of 2025
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29. Question No.1 is answered in positive holding that the teachers can be deployed for election duty even before issuance of the notification relating to election to a Local Body, a State Assembly or the Parliament which includes work for revision of electoral roll.
Question No.2 is answered in negative holding that the teachers cannot be deployed during teaching days or teaching hours but can be on non-teaching days and non-teaching hours."
(Saurabh Shyam Shamshery,J.)
Digitally signed by :- AWADESH KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
2 issues framed by the court
Can teachers be deployed for election duty before issuance of election notification?
Can teachers be deployed for election work on teaching days or during teaching hours?
Colour shows how this judgement treated each authority
Nirbhay Singh and others vs. State of U.P. and othersRelied on
Writ-A No. 26204 of 2021, decided on 11.08.2022
1 provisions across 1 enactments
Ritu Singh And 5 Others
State Of U.P. And 6 Others
Saurabh Shyam Shamshery
As recorded by the court registry
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