WRIT - A No. 18344 of 2025 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - A No. - 18344 of 2025 Smt. Meena Srivastava .....Petitioner(s) Versus State Of U.P. And 4 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Ram Dayal Tiwari, Sr. Advocate, Vaibhav Goswami Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C. Court No. - 33 HON'BLE VIKAS BUDHWAR, J. 1. Heard Sri M.D. Singh Shekhar, learned Senior Counsel assisted by Sri Vaibhav Goswami, learned counsel for the writ petitioner and Sri Manish Kumar, learned Standing Counsel for the State. 2. Sri Manish Kumar has made a statement at Bar that post passing of the order dated 05.12.2025, he has obtained instructions on 19.12.2025 under the signatures of Under-Secretary, Government of U.P. He further makes a statement that he does not propose to file any affidavit and the writ petition be decided on the basis of the documents available on record. 3. With the consent of the parties, the writ petition is being decided at the fresh stage. 4. The case of the writ petitioner is that he was appointed as an Adhyaksha in Social Welfare Department on 20.10.1997 and thereafter he was promoted on the post of District Social Welfare Officer on 03.03.2008. The writ petitioner claims to hav