Usha Mishra v. State of U.P. and 3 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Allahabad High Court writ petition (WRIT - A No. 3517 of 2025) filed by Usha Mishra against State of U.P. and 3 others concerning consideration of her application for extraordinary leave from 17.03.2025 to 16.05.2025; impediment was the required handover of charge of the Finance Department to the senior most Teacher; petitioner serving as Incharge Headmistress; respondent not taking over charge despite petitioner's readiness; Court's directions dated 21.3.2025 for joint appearance before Respondent-4, Block Education Officer, Block Chayal, Kaushambi on 25th March, 2025 (10 to 11 AM) for giving/taking over charge, followed by submission of a fresh extraordinary leave application to be considered within a short period; writ petition disposed of; no statutes or precedents cited; counsel Chandrakant for petitioner, C.S.C. and Harsh Vardhan Gupta for respondents.
What did the court decide?
Directions issued: the petitioner and the senior most Teacher of the school concerned to appear before Respondent-4 (Block Education Officer, Block Chayal, Kaushambi) on 25th March, 2025 between 10 to 11 AM so that charge is given and taken over; thereafter the petitioner may submit a fresh application for extraordinary leave, to be considered by the concerned respondent within a short period. With these observations/directions, the writ petition stands disposed of.