PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. 3213 of 2025 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 3213 of 2025 Akshay Upadhyay …..Petitioner(s) Versus Election Commission of India and 4 other …..Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Khwaja Shamshad Ahmad Counsel for Respondent(s) : Rakesh Pande (Sr.Adv.) with Ashutosh Mishra, Manish Goel (Sr.Adv.)(A.A.G.) with Rajiv Singh (S.C.), Vijay Vikram Singh 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 by the petitioner seeking quashing of notice/press release/letter dated 12.09.2025 issued by respondent no. 2 inviting applications from eligible electors for preparation of electoral roll for graduates’ and teachers’ constituency for Legislative Council of Uttar Pradesh. Further direction has been sought to the respondents to start online and offline voter registration for 5 graduates’ constituencies as well as for 6 teachers’ constituencies. 2. The petitioner has simply indicated that he is resident of Allahabad-Jhansi graduates’ constituency of Legislative Council of Uttar Pradesh and that he has no personal or private interest in the matter. The pe