Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:50348-DB Court No. - 40 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 10166 of 2025 Petitioner :- Sandeep Yadav Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 5 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Anju Pandey,Mithilesh Kumar Gupta Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Shekhar B. Saraf,J. Hon'ble Vipin Chandra Dixit,J. 1. Learned counsel for the petitioner is directed to implead Deputy Inspector General of Police, Varanasi as respondent No.7 during course of the day. 2. Upon hearing learned counsel for the parties, we are of the view that an appeal is required to be filed by the petitioner before the Deputy Inspector General of Police, Varanasi-respondent no.7. If such an appeal is filed within a period of two weeks from date, Deputy Inspector General of Police, Varanasi-respondent no.7 is directed to decide the same after affording an opportunity of hearing to the petitioner within a period of twelve weeks from the date of filing of appeal. 3. With the above direction, the writ petition is disposed of. Order Date :- 8.4.2025 P.P. (Vipin Chandra Dixit, J.) (Shekhar B. Saraf, J.) Digitally signed by :- POONAM PATEL High Court of Judicature at Allahabad