Pushpa Devi v. State of U.P. Thru. Secy. Deptt. of Basic Education U.P. Lko. and 6 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Allahabad High Court, Lucknow Bench interim order (11.3.2025) in Writ - C No. 2169 of 2025, Pushpa Devi v. State of U.P. (Deptt. of Basic Education) and others; bench Rajan Roy and Om Prakash Shukla, JJ. Keywords: writ petition; petitioner's application/complaint before opposite party no.2, a statutorily constituted commission; maintainability and referability to the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009; notice to opposite party nos. 2 and 7; pleadings within six weeks; conditional direction that pendency of the writ petition shall not obstruct the commission's proceedings, without prejudice to opposite party no.7; matter listed thereafter.
What did the court decide?
Interim directions only: (i) notice to opposite party nos. 2 and 7; (ii) exchange of pleadings within six weeks; (iii) matter to be listed thereafter; and (iv) a conditional direction that if opposite party no.2 finds the petitioner's application/complaint maintainable and referable to the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 or the statute constituting it, pendency of the writ petition shall not obstruct its proceedings with the complaint, without prejudice to the rights of opposite party no.7. The writ petition itself remains pending.