JUDGMENT :

Order on Amendment Application No.4/2021

Learned counsel for the petitioner through the present amendment application is seeking permission to incorporate the following prayer and the same may be treated as part of the writ petition.

"(f) issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of certiorari quashing the clause 16 of the circular dated 18.01.2021 issued by the Director General - School Education - UP, Lucknow."

Because the amendment sought is formal, therefore, the amendment application is allowed.

Learned counsel for the petitioner/applicant is permitted to carry out the necessary amendment within one week from today.

Order on Writ Petition

1. Heard Sri Ashok Khare, learned Senior Advocate, assisted by Sri Siddharth Khare, learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri Vikram Bahadur Yadav, learned Standing Counsel for the State respondent nos. 1 & 2 and Sri B.K. Yadav learned counsel for respondents nos.3 & 4.

2. The petitioner through the present writ petition, has prayed for quashing of notice dated 02.01.2021 issued by the Basic Shiksha Adhikari, Firozabad, and a writ o