WRIT - A No. 13040 of 2025 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - A No. - 13040 of 2025 Shubham Jaiswal .....Petitioner(s) Versus Union Of India And 2 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Krishna Mohan Misra Counsel for Respondent(s) : A.S.G.I. Court No. - 4 HON'BLE AJIT KUMAR, J. 1. Heard Sri S.R. Misra, learned Senior Advocate assisted by Sri Swatantra Pratap Singh, learned Advocate holding brief of Sri Krishna Mohan Misra, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Ved Mani Tripathi, learned counsel appearing for respondent nos.1, 2 and 3. 2. By means of this petition filed under Article 226 of Constitution of India, petitioner has assailed the order dated 22.08.2025 passed by the respondent no.3 holding the petitioner to be of short height than the one prescribed under the relevant recruitment rules. 3. It is claimed that previously when the petitioner had faced similar selection conducted by the respondents, his height was found to be accurate as per measurement for being 170 cms. Copy of the previous Physical Standard Test for the post of Constable has been brought on record. 4. Per contra, it is argued by Sri Tripathi, learned panel counsel that the petitioner has alternate effi