SPECIAL APPEAL No. 258 of 2025 at Lucknow

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW SPECIAL APPEAL No. - 258 of 2025 State of U.P. thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. of Basic Education U.P. Govt. Lko. and others .....Appellant(s) Versus Virendra Prasad Singh and another .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Appellant(s) : C.S.C. V.P. Nag (S.C.) Counsel for Respondent(s) : Manoj Kumar Singh, Mahendra Pratap Singh, Rajan Singh RESERVED Chief Justice's Court HON'BLE ARUN BHANSALI, CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE JASPREET SINGH, J. (Per : Jaspreet Singh, J.) 1. Heard Shri V. P. Nag, learned Standing Counsel for the appellants and Shri Manoj Kumar Singh learned counsel for the respondent no.1 and Shri Mahendra Pratap Singh, learned counsel appearing for the respondent no.2. 2. The instant intra-court appeal has been preferred by the State- appellants being aggrieved by the judgment and order dated 01.02.2023 passed in Writ-A No.400 of 2011 (Virendra Prasad Singh Vs. State of U.P. & others) whereby the writ court while allowing the writ petition of the respondent no.1 has set aside the order dated 23.02.2011 passed by District Inspector of Schools (in short DIOS) by which the earlier order dated 01.11.2008 passed in favour of the writ petitioner was r