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ARJUN PATEL v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME LKO. AND 4 OTHERS

WRIC/10496/2025 · 2025-11-15

Amitabh Kumar Rai, Sangeeta Chandra

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW WRIT - C No. - 10496 of 2025 Court No. - 2 HON'BLE MRS. SANGEETA CHANDRA, J. HON'BLE AMITABH KUMAR RAI, J. 1. Heard learned Counsel for the petitioner and learned Standing Counsel, who appears on behalf of State-respondent Nos.1 to 5. 2. This petition has been filed with the following prayers:- "(I) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding the respondents to consider and issue Character Certificate to the petitioner in accordance with law. (II) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding the respondent no.2 to decide the representation/appeal of the petitioner enclosed as Annexure No.7 to this petition. (III) Issue such other order or direction as Hon'ble Court may deemed just and proper in the fact and circumstances of the case." 3. Learned Counsel for the petitioner says that his application for issuance of a character certificate has been rejected by a cryptic order. 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 District Magistrate concerned, to consider issuance of a character certificate to the Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Bhupendra Yadav Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C. Arjun Patel .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. And 4 Others .....Respondent(s) 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 of 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 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. November 15, 2025 Shubhankar WRIC No. 10496 of 2025 2 (Amitabh Kumar Rai,J.) (Mrs. Sangeeta Chandra,J.) Digitally signed by :- SHUBHANKAR THAKUR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench Digitally signed by :- SHUBHANKAR THAKUR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench