WRIT - A No. 2888 of 2026 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - A No. - 2888 of 2026 Neeraj .....Petitioner(s) Versus State of U.P. and Another .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Atul Tej Kulshrestha, Vinay Singh Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C. Court No. - 33 HON'BLE VIKAS BUDHWAR, J. 1. Heard Sri Atul Tej Kulshreshta, learned counsel for the writ petitioner and Sri Rahul Malviya, learned Standnig Counsel for the State. 2. Sri Rahul Malviya, learned Standing Counsel has made a statement at bar that he is possessed with the instructions and he is in a position to argue the matter and he does not propose to file any affidavit, the writ petition be decided on the basis of the documents available on record. With the consent of the parties, the writ petition is being decided at the fresh stage. 3. The case of the writ petitioner is that the writ petitioner happens to be a sport person who has won Silver Medal in the 19th Asian Games (Hangzhou-2022). As per the writ petitioner, a notification came to be issued on 25.05.2022 whereby Uttar Pradesh International Medal Winner Direct Recruitment Rules, 2022 came to be notified. It is also the case of the writ petitioner that Rule 8 deals with the