WRIT - A No. 4009 of 2026 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - A No. - 4009 of 2026 Vimal Kant Rai And 27 Others .....Petitioner(s) Versus State Of U.P. And 2 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Prashant Mishra, Sr. Advocate Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., Mahendra Narain Singh Court No. - 29 HON'BLE ARINDAM SINHA, J. HON'BLE DEVENDRA SINGH-I, J. (Per Arindam Sinha, J.) 1. Mr. Tarun Agrawal, learned senior advocate appears on behalf of petitioners. He submits, his clients have graduation in discipline Information Technology (IT). Under challenge is order dated 27th January, 2026 passed by the authority saying, petitioners' demand to include them in ongoing selection process by treating B.Tech. (IT) as equivalent to B.Tech. (Computer Science) for eligibility qualification, cannot be considered. He hands up supplementary affidavit dated 23rd March, 2026 containing, inter alia, English translation of impugned order dated 27th January, 2026. 2. He submits, there was advertisement dated 28th July, 2025 for recruiting, inter alia, Assistant Teacher (Computer). His clients being excluded on eligibility as holding degree of B.Tech. (IT) could not apply and hence, they filed earlier Wri