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IN THE HIGH COURT OF ALLAHABAD
Saumitra Dayal Singh, Yogendra Kumar Srivastava
Basic Shiksha Adhikari District Firozabad – Appellant
Versus
Anusuiya Sharma – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
1. Heard Sri J.N. Maurya learned Chief Standing Counsel alongwith Sri Suresh Kumar Maurya learned counsel for the appellant.
2. List has been revised. None appears for the respondents.
3. Present intra court appeal arises from the judgment and order of the learned single judge dated 20.3.2024 passed in Writ-A No.2941 of 2020 (Anusuiya Sharma Vs. State of U.P. and 4 Others) and connected writ petition (Neutral Citation - 2024: AHC : 53230), whereby the learned single judge has allowed the writ petition on the following terms:
"41. Accordingly, Writ-A No. 8011 of 2020 is allowed. The order dated 13.03.2020 passed by the District Basic Education Officer, Firozabad is quashed. Direction is issued to District Basic Education Officer, Firozabad to allow the petitioner to join on the post of Assistant Teacher in a Primary School at District Firozabad within three weeks from the date of service of certified copy of this order and to pay her salary regularly. It is further provided that since petitioner has not worked as Assistant Teacher in the Primary School at District Firozabad therefore, she is not entitled for the salary for the period from 13.03.2020 till the date of her reins
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