WRIC/10974/2025 of VINAY SHUKLA Vs STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME LKO AND 3 OTHERS on 15 November 2025

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW WRIT - C No. - 10974 of 2025 Court No. - 2 HON'BLE MRS. SANGEETA CHANDRA, J. HON'BLE AMITABH KUMAR RAI, J. Heard learned Counsel for the petitioner and learned Standing Counsel appearing on behalf of the State Respondents. This petition has been filed with the following prayers :- "i. Issue writ, order, or direction in the nature of mandamus, directing the Character Certificate authorities, i.e., Respondent no. 2 and 3, to process the application and issue the Character Certificate of the Petitioner, being uninfluenced by the pendency of a criminal case against the Petitioner, during the pendency of the trial.

ii. Issue a writ, order, or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding respondent no.2 and 3 to appropriately take action upon the police verification of the petitioner for the issuance of his Character Certificate." Learned Counsel for the petitioner says that his application for issuance of character certificate has been rejected by a cryptic order. A similarly situated petitioner Pawan Kumar Dubey had filed a Writ Petition before this Court bearing Writ-C No.7006 of 2025: Pawan Kumar Dubey Vs. State of U.P. and others, Neutral Citation No.- 2025:AHC-LKO:44647-DB, which has been disposed of by the Coordinate Bench by its order dated 01.08.2025, a copy of which has been filed as annexure to the petition. We have gone through the judgement and order dated 01.08.2025. The order of rejection is set aside with a further direction to the District Magistrate, Hardoi, to consider issuance of character certificate to the petitioner strictly in the light of observations made by Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Abhinav Singh Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C. Vinay Shukla .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko And 3 Others .....Respondent(s)

the Division Bench of this Court in Writ-C No.718 of 2025: Anil Kumar Vs. State of U.P. and others. The application which has already been submitted by the petitioner shall stand revived consequent to our quashing the order of rejection. Let the Competent Authority comply with the judgement rendered in Anil Kumar Vs. State of U.P. and others passed in Writ-C No.718 of 2025, and pass a fresh order within a period of three weeks from the date a certified copy of this order is produced before him. With the aforesaid observations/ directions, the writ petition is disposed of. November 15, 2025 Ashish Dewal WRIC No. 10974 of 2025 2 (Amitabh Kumar Rai,J.) (Mrs. Sangeeta Chandra,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHISH DEWAL High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench