HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - C No. - 32214 of 2025 Court No. - 40 HON'BLE SARAL SRIVASTAVA, J. HON'BLE SUDHANSHU CHAUHAN, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned standing counsel for the State. 2. The petitioner by means of the present writ petition assailed the order dated 20.08.2025 by which the respondent no. 2 has rejected the appeal of the petitioner for grant of character certificate. 3. Challenging the said order, learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the impugned order has been passed without application of mind and in the teeth of the judgment of this Court in a bunch of writ petitions, leading of which is Writ-C No. 718 of 2025 (Anil Kumar Vs. State of U.P. through Additional Chief Secretary). 4. It is contended that this Court in Writ-C No. 718 of 2025 has laid down the guidelines for issuance of character certificate and without adhering to those guidelines, the respondent no. 2 has rejected the appeal of the petitioner. 5. We find merits in the contention of the learned counsel for Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Ankit Kumar Mishra, Deepak Kumar Singh, Vikrant Pratap Singh Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C. Mulchand Yadav .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. And 3 Others .....Respondent(s) the petitioner. 6. Accordingly, the impugned order dated 20.08.2025 is set aside. The writ petition is allowed. The respondent no. 2 is directed to decide the appeal of the petitioner strictly in light of the judgment passed by this Court in Writ-C No. 718 of 2025, within a period of two weeks from the date of production a certified copy of the order. October 7, 2025 Arif WRIC No. 32214 of 2025 2 (Sudhanshu Chauhan,J.) (Saral Srivastava,J.) Digitally signed by :- MOHAMMAD ARIF High Court of Judicature at Allahabad