WRIC/36742/2026 of MANOJ KUMAR Vs UNION OF INDIA AND 5 OTHERS on 7 October 2026

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - C No. - 36742 of 2026 Court No. - 1 HON'BLE AJIT KUMAR, J. HON'BLE GARIMA PRASHAD, J. Heard Sri R.B.Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri S.K.Upadhyay, learned Advocate holding brief of Sri Avneesh Tripathi, learned counsel for the respondent bank. Instructions filed today are taken on record. In compliance of our previous order of this Court dated 15th September, 2026, Sri Krishna Agarwal, representing respondent Income Tax Department has obtained instructions in the matter and submits that because name and date of birth have similar of both two persons, namely petitioner and other person got issued with same pan number, which created confusion. Now issue has been resolved. Petitioner's pan has been retained by the department whereas other person's who had identical pan number, his new pan number is in process to be issued. Since pan of the petitioner has been retained, bank is directed to update KYC with already existing pan number and defreeze the account of the petitioner and make it operational. In the circumstances, we dispose of this petition with direction to the bank concerned to forward these instructions to the concerned Branch Manager of the bank for updating KYC with already existing pan number and defreeze the account of the petitioner and thereafter make the account operational. The entire exercise will be done within a period of three weeks from today today. Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : R.B. Singh Counsel for Respondent(s) : Avneesh Tripathi, Krishna Agarawal, Pankaj Srivastava, A.S.G.I., Anant Kumar Tiwari, Ankur Agarwal, Satish Chaturvedi Manoj Kumar .....Petitioner(s) Union Of India And 5 Others .....Respondent(s)

With these observations and direction, this petition stands disposed of. October 8, 2026 Sanjeev WRIC No. 36742 of 2026 2 (Garima Prashad,J.) (Ajit Kumar,J.) Digitally signed by :- SANJEEV RANJAN High Court of Judicature at Allahabad