Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:36511-DB Court No. - 42 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 4686 of 2025 Petitioner :- Khajanchi Prasad Soni Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 4 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Pramod Kumar Srivastava Counsel for Respondent :- G.A. Hon'ble Mahesh Chandra Tripathi,J. Hon'ble Prashant Kumar,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.G.A. for the State- respondents. 2. This writ petition has been filed for quashing the impugned notice dated 07.02.2025 issued by the respondent no.2 in Case No.D202502420000 (State vs. Khajanchi), under section 3 (3) of U.P. Control of Goondas Act, 1970. 3. Learned A.G.A. raised a preliminary objection to the maintainability of the writ petition on the ground that the petitioner has opportunity to submit reply to the impugned show cause notice raising all the objections including that of jurisdiction to issue notice before the competent authority in view of the law laid down by Hon'ble Supreme Court in Special Director and Anr. Vs. Mohd. Ghulam Ghouse and Anr., (2004)3 SCC 440. 4. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, we dispose of this writ petition with liberty to the petitioner to submit reply/objection to the impugned show cause notice within a week from today before the competent authority raising all the objections as may be available to him under law including that of jurisdiction. The authority concerned shall decide the objections in accordance with law by a speaking and reasoned order expeditiously, preferably within a period of two weeks from the date of submission of a copy of this order along with a copy of the reply, after affording opportunity to the petitioner, if the case is still pending. 5. Till disposal of the objection so raised by the petitioner, no coercive action shall be taken against him. 6. It is made clear that this Court has not expressed any opinion on merits of the case of the petitioner. Order Date :- 12.3.2025 S.P. (Prashant Kumar, J.) (M. C. Tripathi, J.) Digitally signed by :- SANJAY PURI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad