PRAYAGRAJ, Aug. 4 -- The Allahabad high court has quashed the suspension of a government primary school teacher who was suspended for social media posts allegedly highlighting the misdeeds of a BJP leader. The high court has observed that merely bringing to light an illegal act of wrongdoing, embezzlement or any matter affecting public interest cannot by itself be construed as misconduct. Justice Manju Rani Chauhan thus allowed a writ petition filed by an assistant teacher posted at Primary School, Bhadana-II, Development Block Eka, district Firozabad, challenging his suspension by the District Basic Education Officer (BSA), Firozabad. He contended that although the District Basic Education Officer had directed him to delete the posts, he refused to do so, following which the suspension order dated July 4, 2026 was passed. The petitioner alleged that the suspension had been issued "at the behest of" the BJP district president. Sole allegation against petitioner was that he had uploaded certain posts on social media concerning Uday Pratap Singh, who was stated to be the district president of the BJP in Firozabad. It was the petitioner's case that his social media posts had been treated as misconduct despite the fact that a detailed reply and explanation had already been submitted to the show-cause notice issued to him. This, the petitioner contended, reflected a lack of application of mind in passing the suspension order. After hearing the parties, the court noted that the allegation forming the basis of the suspension order was that the petitioner had posted messages on social media highlighting the alleged misdeeds of the BJP district president, and that the authorities had treated such conduct as misconduct. I n view of this observation, the court said the suspension order could not be sustained. Hence, the same was quashed and the writ petition was allowed by a judgment dated July 29....