PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. 3746 of 2017 at Lucknow

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 3746 of 2017 Samvidhan Bachao-Loktantra Bachao Andolan Thru. Its Convener .....Petitioner(s) Versus State Of U.P.Thru.Prin.Secy.Deptt.Of Appointment And Personnel .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Manik Sinha, Rahul Mishra Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., A.S.G., Alok Yadav, Brijesh Kumar Singh, Chandra Bhushan Singh Nis, Rakesh Nayak, Rayees Ahmad Khan Court No. - 1 HON'BLE RAJAN ROY, J. HON'BLE RAJEEV BHARTI, J. 1. Shri Nishant Shukla, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel for the State informs the Court that the Government Order challenge in this PIL dated 22.12.2016 by which certain Castes were declared/included in the list of Scheduled Caste already stands quashed by this Court at Allahabad in Public Interest Litigation bearing No. 2129 of 2017 decided on 31.08.2022. 2. Apparently, such powers do not vest in the State Government, as, these issues are governed by the presidential constitutional order issued under Article 341 of the Constitution of India. 3. In view of the above, nothing survives for adjudication. The writ petition is disposed of in terms of the aforesaid. (R