SPECIAL APPEAL DEFECTIVE No. 479 of 2025 at Lucknow

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW SPECIAL APPEAL DEFECTIVE No. - 479 of 2025 Director (Higher Education) U.P. Allahabad/Prayagraj And 3 Others .....Appellant(s) Versus Dr. Amita Singh And 2 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Appellant(s) : C.S.C. Counsel for Respondent(s) : Shireesh Kumar Court No. - 1 HON'BLE RAJAN ROY, J. HON'BLE INDRAJEET SHUKLA, J. 1. This is a Special Appeal by the State challenging the judgment and order dated 06.08.2024 passed by the Writ Court in Writ-A No.2000788 of 2005 (Dr. Amita Singh Vs. Director Higher Education and others.). 2. The appeal, as per the report is delayed by 451 days as on the date of its filing i.e. 29.11.2025. We have gone through the affidavit filed in support of the application for condonation of delay. Paragraph no.3 mentions about receipt of certified copy of the judgment impugned herein in the office of Regional Higher Education Officer, Lucknow on 03.10.2024 where it was served by the respondent-petitioner. There is no explanation whatsoever as to why, with a battery of lawyers available to serve the State's cause in the High Court, the same was not informed by the CSC office to the concerned department of the Stat