PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. 2655 of 2025 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 2655 of 2025 Sudheer Kumar .....Petitioner(s) Versus State of U.P. and 8 others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Pranesh Kumar Mishra Counsel for Respondent(s) : Rajiv Singh, S.C., Shivendra Kumar Singh, Yatindra Chief Justice's Court HON'BLE ARUN BHANSALI, CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE KSHITIJ SHAILENDRA, J. 1. This petition, purportedly in public interest, has been filed on 29.08.2025 seeking to question the promotion order dated 20.08.2013 alleging the same in violation of the Rule 18 of the U.P. Basic Education (Teachers) Service Rules, 1981. 2. A perusal of the petition indicates that the petitioner claims himself to be a public spirited and law abiding citizen and wants the welfare of employees of the Education Department and further claims that he has no personal or private interest in the matter. 3. In the affidavit sworn by the petitioner he has indicated his occupation as agriculture. 4. As to what possible connection, the petitioner an agriculturist can have in relation to promotions made in the year 2013 and welfare of the employees of the Education Department, is absolutely absent from t