SURYA PRAKASH KESARWANI, MOHD. AZHAR HUSAIN IDRISI
Lalit Kumar – Appellant
Versus
State of U. P. – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
SURYA PRAKASH KESARWANI, J.
1. Heard Sri Prabhakar Awasthi, learned counsel for the petitioner-appellant and Sri Satish Kumar Srivastava, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel for the State-respondents.
2. The petitioner-appellant has filed the present special appeal praying to set aside the judgment and order dated 22.07.2022 in Writ Appeal No. 679 of 2020 (Lalit Kumar vs. State of U.P. and Others) passed by the learned Single Judge and to allow the writ petition.
3. The petitioner has filed the aforesaid Writ Appeal No. 679 of 2020 praying for the following relief:
(ii) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding/directing the respondents to give appointment to the petitioner on the post of Assistant Prosecution Officer.”
Facts of the Present Case:
4. Briefly stated, facts of the present case are that the petitioner-appellant was already working as Upper Divisional Cle
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