WRIT - A No. 7644 of 2026 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - A No. - 7644 of 2026 Ravikant Soni .....Petitioner(s) Versus State Of U.P. And 2 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Premshankar Shukla, Praveen Kumar Shukla, Abhishek Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., Mahendra Narain Singh Court No. - 52 HON'BLE MRS. MANJU RANI CHAUHAN, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Standing Counsel representing the State respondents, and Mr. Sanjay Kumar Om, learned counsel appearing on behalf of respondent nos.2 & 3. 2. The present writ petition has been instituted questioning the legality and validity of the action of the respondents in rejecting the candidature of the petitioner for appointment to the post of Assistant Teacher (L.T. Grade) in Government Secondary Schools. 3. The factual conspectus, as discernible from the pleadings brought on record, reveals that an advertisement came to be issued by the competent authority inviting online applications for recruitment to the post of Assistant Teacher (L.T. Grade) in various subjects. The petitioner, claiming eligibility for appointment against the post of Assistant Teacher in Mathematics, submitted his online application