SPECIAL APPEAL No. 120 of 2025 at Lucknow

A.F.R. Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:41454-DB Reserved Case :- SPECIAL APPEAL No. - 120 of 2025 Appellant :- State Of U.P. Thru. Its Addl.Chief Secy./Prin. Secy. Secretariat Administration Deptt. Lko And Ors. Respondent :- Shiv Datt Joshi And 21 Others Counsel for Appellant :- C.S.C. Counsel for Respondent :- Gaurav Mehrotra,Akhilesh Kumar Kalra,Rajesh Chandra Mishra,Ritika Singh Alongwith Case :- SPECIAL APPEAL No. - 122 of 2025 Appellant :- Mukesh Pradhan And Another Respondent :- Sanjeev Kumar Sinha And 11 Others Counsel for Appellant :- Meenakshi Singh Parihar Counsel for Respondent :- Gaurav Mehrotra,C.S.C. ***** Hon'ble Arun Bhansali, C.J. Hon’ble Jaspreet Singh, J. (Per: Jaspreet Singh, J.) 1. In these two intra-court appeals, the dispute of seniority between the direct recruits and promotees of the Secretariat, Administration Department is in question. Two writ petitions were filed before the learned Single Judge by the promotees wherein they had challenged the orders impugned by which the date of appointment of the writ-petitioners was changed from 30.06.2016 to 13.07.2016 as well as the subsequent seniority list issued on 06.09.2023 wherein the writ petitioners were