HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - A No. - 15711 of 2026 Court No. - 6 HON'BLE SIDDHARTH NANDAN, J. 1. Heard Shri Suyash Pandey, learned counsel for the petitioner, Shri K. Shahi, learned counsel for the respondent- Commission and learned Standing Counsel for the respondent- State. 2. The only argument which the learned counsel for the petitioner has made is that, she could not participate in the earlier proceedings which culminated in the judgment dated 09.07.2026, in Special Appeal No. 467 of 2026; and this Court has confined the benefit of the said judgment only to the candidates who were before the Court and not to any other candidate. 3. Shri K. Shahi, Advocate appearing on behalf of respondent- Commission has placed before this Court a judgment dated 14.09.2026 in Writ-A No. 13927 of 2026 (Jai Krishna Upadhyay Vs. State of U.P.); in which the petitioner was a similarly situated candidate, and after observing the judgment dated 09.07.2026, this Court has held that the benefit therein cannot be extended to any other candidate, being fence-sitter. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner does not dispute the aforesaid, and as such the writ petition is liable to be dismissed, also for the reasons stated in the judgment dated 14.09.2026. Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Nand Lal Pandey, Suyash Pandey Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., Kushmondeya Shahi Sushma .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. And 3 Others .....Respondent(s) 5. Accordingly, the present writ petition is dismissed. However, no order as to costs. September 28, 2026 Sumit K. WRIA No. 15711 of 2026 2 (Siddharth Nandan,J.) Digitally signed by :- SUMIT KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad