WRIT - C No. 27910 of 2025 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - C No. - 27910 of 2025 Aryan Yadav .....Petitioner(s) Versus State Of U.P. And 2 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Dhananjai Rai, Vibhu Rai Counsel for Respondent(s) : Akanksha Sharma, C.S.C., Fuzail Ahmad Ansari Court No. - 39 HON'BLE ARINDAM SINHA, J. HON'BLE PRASHANT KUMAR, J. (Per Arindam Sinha, J.) 1. Petitioner had taken the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET)-UG 2025. He belongs to Other Backward Class (OBC), National Cadet Corps (NCC), a horizontally reserved sub-category. His prayer is, there be directed vertical migration of meritorious students of the sub- category, to free up the reserved seats so that he gets one. State and respondent no.2 (the Director) have filed their respective counters. Petitioner has dealt with them in the rejoinder filed. In addition, included in the rejoinder are judgments of the Supreme Court relied upon by petitioner. 2. Mr. Vibhu Rai, learned advocate appears on behalf of petitioner and relies on judgment dated 20th August, 2024 of the Supreme Court in, inter alia, Civil Appeal no.9628 of 2024 arising out of SLP (C) no. 2111 of 2024 (Ram Naresh @ Rinku Kushwah and othe