JUDGMENT :

1. Rejoinder affidavit filed today, copy of which has been served to learned Standing Counsel much earlier, is taken on record.

2. Heard Shri Apoorva Tewari along with Shri Shivang Tiwari, learned counsel for the appellant and Shri V.P. Nag, learned Standing Counsel for the State.

3. This is a Special Appeal under Chapter VIII Rule 5 of the Allahabad High Court Rules, 1952 challenging the judgment and order dated 19.03.2024 passed by the writ Court in Writ - A No. 2075 of 2024 by which writ petition of the appellant/petitioner has been dismissed.

4. In the aforesaid writ petition the following reliefs had been sought:-

"a) issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of certiorari to quash orders dated 30.01.2024, passed by the Director, Ayurvedic services, Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow, as contained in Annexure no. 1 to the writ petition;

(b) issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding the respondents to grant the petitioner a study leave of 12 (twelve) months in accordance with the provisions laid down in the Financial hand book;

(c) Issue such other orders, which this Hon'ble Court may deem just and proper in favour of the petitioners; and

(d) allow the p