Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:366-DB Court No. - 10 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 9839 of 2024 Petitioner :- Thayyaba Khatoon Alias Ladli Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home U.P. Lko. And 5 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Shadab Haider Counsel for Respondent :- G.A. Hon'ble Vivek Chaudhary,J. Hon'ble Om Prakash Shukla,J. 1. Heard learned Counsel for the applicant and learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the material placed on record. 2. The present writ petition has been filed by the petitioner seeking a writ of Mandamus directing the opposite parties to take the necessary action in respect of grievance of the petitioner raised in her application dated 15.12.2024 as contained in Annexure No.1 to this writ petition and also protect the life and personal liberty of the petitioner and her family members from the opp. party no. 4 & 5 and their associates and also take necessary action against them in the interest of justice. 3. Learned Counsel for the petitioner confined his prayer to the extent that liberty may be granted to the petitioner to move appropriate application under Witness Protection Scheme, 2018 before the concerned authority and the concerned authority may be directed to decide the same at an early date. 4. Learned A.G.A. for the State has no objection to the prayer made by learned Counsel for the applicant. 5. Considering the aforesaid submissions, without entering into the merits of the case, it is provided that in case the applicant moves an appropriate application within a period of 15 days' from today before the concerned authority under the Witness Protection Scheme, 2018, the concerned authority is directed to consider and decide the same in accordance with law, expeditiously, say within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of such application. 6. The application stands disposed of, accordingly. . (Om Prakash Shukla, J.) (Vivek Chaudhary, J.) Order Date :- 3.1.2025 Ajit Digitally signed by :- AJIT KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench