SPECIAL APPEAL DEFECTIVE No. 529 of 2024 at Lucknow

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW SPECIAL APPEAL DEFECTIVE No. - 529 of 2024 State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. Of Ayush And 2 Others .....Appellant(s) Versus Dr. Shiva Kant Pandey And Another .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Appellant(s) : C.S.C. Counsel for Respondent(s) : Ashok Kumar Mishra Court No. - 1 HON'BLE RAJAN ROY, J. HON'BLE PRASHANT KUMAR, J. Order on Delay Condonation Application 1. Heard. 2. Cause shown is sufficient; delay in filing the appeal is condoned. Order on Special Appeal 1. Heard Sri Tushar Verma, learned counsel for the appellants, and Sri Ashok Kumar Mishra, learned counsel for respondent no.1. 2. This is an appeal by the State against the judgment and order dated 19.02.2024. The facts of the case, in brief, are that respondent no.1 was appointed as a part-time medical officer in the State of U.P. on 03.01.1986. A Government Order dated 01.10.1990 was issued for ad hoc appointment of such part-time medical officers prescribing a cut-off date, which was initially 17.05.1990 but was subsequently modified to 17.07.1990. Since the respondent no.1 was covered by the said Government Order, he was appointed on an ad hoc basis on 28.02.1992 SPLAD No