WRIT - A No. 5587 of 2026 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - A No. - 5587 of 2026 Alok Yadav And 17 Others .....Petitioner(s) Versus State of U.P. and Another .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Sanjay Kumar Yadav Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., Mahendra Narain Singh Court No. - 33 HON'BLE DINESH PATHAK, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners, learned Standing Counsel for the State respondents and learned counsel for the U.P. Public Service Commission. 2. This writ petition has been filed, inter alia, seeking following relief: "(A) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of direct the respondent No. 2/Secretary, Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission, Prayagraj to treat the optional No. 1 as geography in the answer sheet of Petitioner No. 1, 2, 6,11,16, 17,18 and to treat the optional I as History in the answer sheet in regard to petitoner No. 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 15 and to treat to the optional I as History, Optional II as Civics in the answer sheet in regard to Petitioner No. 13 and to treat the Optional II as Civics in the answer sheet in regard to Petitioner No. 4 and to treat the optional II as Civics in the answer sheet in regard to Petitioner No. 3 and dec