Shiv Chandra Rao Alias Shiv Chand Raw Gautam v. State of U.P. Thru. Its Addl. Chief Secy. Social Welfare Deptt. and 4 Others
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WRIT-A No. 4079 of 2025; High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench; order date 18.8.2025; bench: Rajan Roy, Manjive Shukla; petitioner Shiv Chandra Rao Alias Shiv Chand Raw Gautam; respondents State of U.P. through Additional Chief Secretary, Social Welfare Department and 4 others (counsel: C.S.C.); petitioner's counsel Ram Nath Pandey, Hemlata Verma, Phool Badan Singh, Rahul Srivastava. Question: whether principal of a school established by the Social Welfare Department, salaried from that Department's funds, is a 'public servant' under Section 2(b) of the U.P. Public Services (Tribunal) Act, 1976. Interim order: counter affidavit in four weeks, rejoinder four weeks thereafter, list thereafter not as fresh case; substantive question undecided; no precedent cited; no quantum involved.