HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 22478 of 2026 Court No. - 49 HON'BLE AJAY BHANOT, J. HON'BLE DIVESH CHANDRA SAMANT, J. Shri Mohd. Ayub, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has assailed the order dated 09.07.2026 passed under Section 3 of the U.P. Control of Goondas Act before the appellate authority. The memo of appeal is accompanied by stay application. Shri Mohd. Ayub, learned counsel for the petitioner then contends that neither the appeal nor the stay applications are being decided by the authorities. Failure to decide the stay application will render the appeal infructuous. Learned AGA on the basis of instructions could not dispute the aforesaid facts. Interest of justice will be served by issuing the following directions:- (I). The competent authority shall decide the appeal on merits preferably within a period of three months. (II) The petitioner shall cooperate in the hearing of the appeal. Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Mohd. Ayub Counsel for Respondent(s) : G.A. Haji Naseem .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. And 3 Others .....Respondent(s) Till the final decision of the appeal the impugned order dated 09.07.2026 passed by Additional Commissioner of Police, Commissionerate Agra, shall remain stayed. The writ petition is disposed of with the above directions. September 24, 2026 Virendra CRLP No. 22478 of 2026 2 (Divesh Chandra Samant,J.) (Ajay Bhanot,J.) Digitally signed by :- VIRENDRA KUMAR BHARTEEY High Court of Judicature at Allahabad