SPECIAL APPEAL No. 114 of 2022 at Lucknow

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW Reserved on : September 22, 2025 Delivered on : October 17, 2025 SPECIAL APPEAL No. - 114 of 2022 State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Department And 2 Others .....Appellant(s) Versus Ramesh Singh And 59 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Appellant(s) : C.S.C. Counsel for Respondent(s) : Rajendra Prasad Shukla, Ashok Kumar Yadava, Chhaya Tripathi, Sudhir Kumar Misra, Vandana Singh Court No. - 1 HON'BLE RAJAN ROY, J. HON'BLE PRASHANT KUMAR, J. (Per : Rajan Roy, J.) 1. Heard Shri Pankaj Patel, learned Chief Standing Counsel for the State- appellants and Shri Sudhir Kumar Misra, learned counsel for the opposite parties. 2. This is an appeal by the State challenging the judgment and order dated 17.12.2021 passed in writ petition no. 32890 (S/S) of 2019; Ramesh Singh and 59 ors. vs. State of U.P. and ors., filed by the respondents, which has been allowed. 3. The facts of the case in brief are that for recruitment of Constables in the U.P. Civil Police, Provincial Armed Constabulary and U.P. Fire Services, a composite advertisement was issued in the year 2013. The total number of vacancies to be filled were 41,610, out of which, 35,504 pos