WRIA/14799/2026 of DEEPANSHI Vs THE STATE OF U.P. AND 2 OTHERS on 22 September 2026

1. This writ petition has been filed seeking following relief :- "Issue a writ or order or direction in the nature of certiorari quashing the impugned Advertisement No. 11-Exam/2024, Swasthya Karyakarta (Mahila) Mukha Pariksha (Ρ.Ε.Τ.-2023)/11 dated 14.10.2024, only to the extent it provides the category-wise allocation of vacancies against the Unreserved (UR), Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST), Other Backward Class (OBC) and Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) categories in respect of the post of Swasthya Karyakarta (Mahila) (Samanya Chayan) under the Directorate General of Family Welfare, Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow, as contained in Tabulation-1 of Clause-4 of the said advertisement.

Issue a writ or order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding the respondents to re-determine the vacancies against the vertical reserved categories, including Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe and Other Backward Class, as well as the Unreserved and EWS categories, strictly in accordance with the provisions of the Uttar Pradesh Public Services (Reservation for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes) Act, 1994, the applicable Government Orders and the statutory roster/running account, and thereafter to finalize the selection on the basis of such re-determined category-wise vacancies within such period as may be stipulated by this Hon'ble Court."

2. Contention of learned counsel for the petitioner is that an advertisement Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Man Bahadur Singh Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., Siddharth Singhal Deepanshi .....Petitioner(s) The State Of U.P. And 2 Others .....Respondent(s)

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. September 23, 2026 Rishabh WRIA No. 14799 of 2026 2 (Manish Kumar Nigam,J.) Digitally signed by :- RISHABH KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad