HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW WRIT - C No. - 9284 of 2025 Court No. - 2 HON'BLE MRS. SANGEETA CHANDRA, J. HON'BLE BRIJ RAJ SINGH, J. 1. Heard learned Counsel for the petitioner and learned Standing Counsel appearing on behalf of the State Respondents. 2. This petition has been filed with the following main prayer:- "I. A writ, order or direction in the nature of MANDAMUS thereby directing the O.P. No.2 to issue the character certificate to the petitioner at the earliest." 3. Learned Counsel for the petitioner says that his application for issuance of character certificate has been rejected by a cryptic order. It has been stated that a similarly situated petitioner Pawan Kumar Dubey had filed a Writ Petition before this Court bearing Writ-C No.7006 of 2025: Pawan Kumar Dubey Vs. State of U.P. and others, Neutral Citation No.-2025:AHC-LKO:44647-DB, which has been disposed of by the Coordinate Bench by its order dated 01.08.2025 4. We have gone through the judgement and order dated 01.08.2025. 5. The order of rejection is set aside with a further direction to the Superintendent of Police, Ayodhya, to consider issuance of character certificate to the petitioner strictly in the light of observations made by the Division Bench of this Court in Writ-C No.718 of 2025: Anil Kumar Vs. State of U.P. and others. The application which has already been submitted by the petitioner shall stand revived consequent to our quashing the order of rejection. 6. Let the Competent Authority comply with the judgement rendered in Anil Kumar Vs. State of U.P. and others passed in Writ-C No.718 of 2025, and pass a fresh order within a period of three Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Rehan Ahmad Siddiqui Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C. Mohammad Sajid .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Secy. Home Lko.And 2 Others .....Respondent(s) weeks from the date a certified copy of this order is produced before him. 7. With the aforesaid observations/ directions, the writ petition is disposed of. September 23, 2025 Darpan Sharma WRIC No. 9284 of 2025 2 (Brij Raj Singh,J.) (Mrs. Sangeeta Chandra,J.) Digitally signed by :- DARPAN SHARMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench