JUDGMENT :

Attau Rahman Masoodi, J.

1. The appellant herein feeling aggrieved against the judgment dated 25.01.2024 passed by the learned Single Judge in Writ-A No. 20207 of 2016 has filed the present intra-Court appeal questioning the legality of the same.

2. Briefly stated the facts of the case are that a post of Information Officer fell vacant in the Secretariat of Legislative Assembly, Uttar Pradesh in the year 2015. An advertisement was issued for filling up the said post on 27.05.2015, which, for ready reference, to the extent of prescription of essential academic qualification and preferential, is extracted hereunder:-

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