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2025 DAILYLAW 91671 (ALL)

MOHAMMAD ARSHAD v. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND 2 OTHERS

WRIC/30970/2025 · 2025-09-15

Prakash Padia

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - C No. - 30970 of 2025 Court No. - 6 HON'BLE PRAKASH PADIA, J. 1. Heard Sri Prabhav Srivastava, learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri Kartikeya Saran, learned Additional Advocate General, State of U.P. along with Sri Dharmendra Prasad Singh, learned Additional Chief Standing counsel appearing on behalf of the State respondent nos.1 to 3 and Sri Rakesh Bahadur, learned counsel along with Sri Muqeem Ahmad, learned counsel for complainant. 2. The petitioner has preferred the present petition inter alia with the prayer to quash the impugned orders dated 18.08.2025 & 22.07.2025 passed by respondent no.2. By the aforesaid orders, the financial and administrative powers of the petitioner has been seized. 3. Pursuant to the order passed by this Court, the instructions dated 12.09.2025 under the signature of District Magistrate, Jaunpur, has placed before this Court. The same is taken on record. 4. Copy of the aforesaid instructions has been provided to the counsel for the petitioner. 5. After going through the aforesaid, a prayer has been made by learned counsel for the petitioner to direct the respondent no.2 - District Magistrate, Jaunpur to conclude the proceeding initiated against the petitioner expeditiously. 6. This prayer has not been opposed by Sri Kartikeya Saran, learned Additional Advocate General, State of U.P. appearing on behalf of Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Prabhav Srivastava Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., Muqeem Ahmad Mohammad Arshad .....Petitioner(s) State Of Uttar Pradesh And 2 Others .....Respondent(s) respondent nos.1 to 3 and Sri Muqeem Ahmad, learned counsel for complainant. 7. In this view of the matter and also in the interest of justice, without interfering with the aforesaid orders, the present petition is disposed of finally directing the respondent no.2- District Magistrate, Jaunpur to conclude the proceedings initiated against the petitioner on the complaint made by one Mohd. Fateh Alam, most expeditiously and preferably within a period of six weeks from today. 8. Sri Kartikeya Saran, learned Additional Advocate General, State of U.P. will inform regarding the order passed today to the District Magistrate, Jaunpur. 9. Needless to say that the petitioner is free to make all his legal and factual arguments before the respondent no.2 and the respondent no.2 is expected to consider and decide same while taking the final decision. September 16, 2025 S.K. WRIC No. 30970 of 2025 2 (Prakash Padia,J.) Digitally signed by :- SWEETY KANOJIA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad