PRITI CHAUDHARI AND ANOTHERversusSTATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND 2 OTHERS

         HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
                          WRIT - A No. - 15612 of 2026

Priti Chaudhari And Another
                                                                   .....Petitioner(s)
                                      Versus

State Of Uttar Pradesh And 2 Others
                                                                .....Respondent(s)

Counsel for Petitioner(s)          : Rajesh Yadav, Ram Chandra Srivastava
Counsel for Respondent(s)          : C.S.C., Siddharth Singhal

Court No. - 33

                 HON'BLE MANISH KUMAR NIGAM, J.

1. This writ petition has been filed seeking following relief :-

     "issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of certiorari quashing the
     Advertisement No. 11-Exam/2024 dated 14.10.2024, to the extent that the
     vacancy distribution/earmarking of posts for Scheduled Caste candidates
     is contrary to the applicable statutory reservation of 21% and the
     applicable roster;


     issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding
     the Respondents to calculate and earmark the vacancies for Scheduled
     Caste candidates in accordance with Section 3 of the Uttar Pradesh
     Public Services (Reservation for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and
     Other Backward Classes) Act, 1994, the applicable Government
     Orders/rules and the prescribed roster.

     issue a writ, order or direction commanding the Respondents to re-
     determine/rectify the category-wise vacancy position in the recruitment to
     the post of Health Worker (Female), so as to ensure lawful
     implementation of the Scheduled Caste reservation;


     in the alternative, direct the Respondents to keep the final result and
     appointments subject to the outcome of the present writ petition and to
     make consequential correction in the category-wise selection;."

2. Contention of learned counsel for the petitioner is that an advertisement
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                                    has been issued by respondent no.3 for the post of Swasthya Karyakarta
                                    (Mahila) wherein total number of vacancies shown is 4892 out of which,
                                    only 435 posts have been advertised for Schedules Castes candidates. It
                                    has been submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that as per the
                                    law, 21% posts ought to have been reserved for the reserved category and
                                    the numbers of posts advertised only comes to 8.8%.

                                    3. Shri Siddharth Singhal, learned counsel for the respondent -
                                    Commission has placed instructions. The same are taken on record.

                                    4. Learned counsel for the respondent submitted that total number of posts
                                    available in the department for Schedules Castes is 4968 against which
                                    4522 persons belonging to Schedules Castes are already working and the
                                    working posts which are vacant under the Schedules Caste Category are
                                    446 out of which 11 posts have been sent for special recruitment drive
                                    and therefore, Commission has advertised only 435 posts. It has been
                                    further submitted by learned counsel for the respondent that recruitment is
                                    to be made on the total cadre strength and not on the vacancies advertised
                                    in advertisement.

                                    5. In view of the same, no illegality has been committed by the
                                    Commission in advertising the vacancies.

                                    6. The writ petition lacks merit and is accordingly dismissed.


                                                                                   (Manish Kumar Nigam,J.)
                                    September 25, 2026
                                    Rishabh




Digitally signed by :-
RISHABH KUMAR
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad