Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:71858-DB Court No. - 40 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 13880 of 2025 Petitioner :- Mohd. Nematullah Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Akhilesh Kumar Mishra Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Shekhar B. Saraf,J. Hon'ble Donadi Ramesh,J. 1. Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and the learned Standing Counsel appearing on behalf of the State respondents. 2. This is a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India wherein the writ petitioner has prayed for the following substantial relief: "i. issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of certiorari calling for the record of the petitioner from the respondent no.3 and quashed the order passed by him by which the character certificate of the petitioner has been rejected in arbitrary manner. ii. Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus directing the respondent no.3 to issue character certificate to the petitioner." 3. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner prays for and is allowed to implead Deputy Inspector General of Police, Sant Kabir Nagar as respondent No.5 in the array of the parties during the course of the day. 4. Learned Standing Counsel appearing on behalf of the State respondent submits that against the order impugned, the petitioner has an alternative remedy of filing an appeal before the Deputy Inspector General of Police. 5. Upon hearing counsel appearing on behalf of the parties, we are of the view that the petitioner should file an appeal before the respondent No.5, who may decide the same expeditiously. 6. Accordingly, the petitioner is directed to file an appeal before the respondent No.5/Deputy Inspector General of Police, Sant Kabir Nagar within a period of two weeks from date. In the event such an appeal is filed by the petitioner within the period indicated above, the respondent No.5 is directed to consider and decide the said appeal by way of passing a reasoned order in accordance with law, within a period of eight weeks from the date of filing of the said appeal. 7. With the aforesaid directions, the writ petition is disposed of. Order Date :- 5.5.2025 Kuldeep (Donadi Ramesh, J.) (Shekhar B. Saraf, J.) Digitally signed by :- KULDEEP SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad