WRIT - A No. 9193 of 2023 at Lucknow

A.F.R. Reserved Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:11761 (1) Case :- WRIT - A No. - 9193 of 2023 Petitioner :- Shiv Datt Joshi And 2 Others Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy./ Prin. Secy., Secretariat Administration Dept. Lko And Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Rani Singh,Gaurav Mehrotra,Ritika Singh Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Akhilesh Kumar Kalra,Jyotiresh Pandey,Pooja Singh,Rajesh Chandra Mishra,Santosh Kumar Misra,Varadraj Shreedutt Ojha with (2) Case :- WRIT - A No. - 5381 of 2024 Petitioner :- Sanjeev Kumar Sinha And 2 Others Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy./Prin. Secy. Secretariat Administration Deptt. And 10 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Gaurav Mehrotra,Harsh Vardhan Mehrotra,Jai Narayan Pandey,Ritika Singh Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Alok Mathur, J. 1. Heard Sri Gaurav Mehrotra assisted by Ms. Ritika Singh, learned counsel for the petitioners as well as Sri Kuldeep Pati Tripathi, learned Additional Advocate General for respondent nos. 1, 2 and 3 as well as Sri Akhilesh Kumar Kalra, learned counsel appearing for the private respondents. 2. Since common questions of law and facts are involved in both the writ petitio