WRIT - A No. 23812 of 2003 at Allahabad

AFR HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - A No. - 23812 of 2003 Anjani Kumar Singh .....Petitioner(s) Versus State Of U.P. Thru Principal Secy. Forest U.P. And Ors. .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Jay Prakash Gupta, V.K. Singh Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C. Court No. - 34 HON'BLE VIKAS BUDHWAR, J. 1. Heard Sri Jay Prakash Gupta, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Rahul Malviya, learned Standing Counsel, who appears for State- respondents. 2. The counsel for the rival parties have made a joint statement that they do not propose to file any further affidavits thus with the consent of the parties, writ petition is being decided at the fresh stage. 3. The case of the writ petitioner is that the writ petitioner being fully eligible and qualified in all respects, was appointed as a Forester/ Van Daroga, a Group 'C' post in the year 1991 in the Forest Department at Dehradun which is a part of State of Uttar Pradesh prior to U.P. Reorganization Act, 2000. It is also the case of the writ petitioner is that the writ petitioner's candidature is/ was considered for regularization in terms of the Subordinate Forest (Deputy Rangers and Foresters) Service Rule, 1