WRIT - A No. 823 of 2026 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - A No. - 823 of 2026 Manish Kumar, Panchayat Assistant Cum Data Entry Operator Village Panchayat-Jigna .....Petitioner(s) Versus State Of Up And 7 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Shailesh Pandey Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., Pradeep Singh Court No. - 33 HON'BLE VIKAS BUDHWAR, J. 1. Heard Sri Shailesh Pandey, learned counsel for the petitioner as well as Sri R.S. Umrao, learned Standing Counsel and Sri Pradeep Singh, learned counsel appearing for the Gram Sabha. 2. This Court entertained the writ petition on 22.01.2026 and sought instructions from the respondents. Instructions have been produced under the signatures of the District Panchayat Raj Officer, Mirzapur, dated 10.02.2026. Learned counsel for the respondents submit that they do not propose to file any further affidavit and petition be decided on the basis of the documents available on record, thus with the consent of the parties, the matter is being decided at the fresh stage. 3. The case of the petitioner is that he was selected on the post of Panchayat Assistant/Accountant cum Data Entry Operator in Village Panchayat-Jigna Block-Jamalpur, District Mir