WRIT - A No. 11360 of 2025 at Allahabad

Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:135477 Court No. - 4 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 11360 of 2025 Petitioner :- Anjali Srivastava Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Dhirendra Singh,Himanshu Singh Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Ajit Kumar,J. Heard Sri Himanshu Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Standing Counsel. By means of present petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution, petitioner has assailed the order dated 4.7.2025 by which her application for maternity leave was rejected only on the ground that second maternity leave cannot be applied within a period of two years and hence same cannot be granted. The petitioner thereafter represented the matter to concerned authority, but her representation came to be rejected vide order dated 30th July, 2025. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that provisions as contained under relevant government order in creating a bar for second maternity leave within a period of two years have been held only directory in nature vide judgment of this Court in the case of Smt. Anupam Yadav v. State of U.P. and Others 2022 (11) ADJ 669 and Ashu Rani v. State of U.p. and Othe