WRIT - A No. 11396 of 2025 at Allahabad

Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:134832 Court No. - 4 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 11396 of 2025 Petitioner :- Awadhesh Bahadur Singh Respondent :- State of U.P. Counsel for Petitioner :- Jaiprakash Narain Raj Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Ajit Kumar,J. 1. Heard Shri Jaiprakash Narain Rai, learned counsel for petitioner and learned Standing Counsel. 2. By means of this petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution petitioner has prayed for writ of certiorari to quash the order dated 18.01.2018 passed at the behest of Governor imposing penalty in the nature of censure. 3. Learned Standing Counsel on the contrary submits that petitioner has approached the Court after more than seven years and petition is liable to be dismissed on the ground of delay and laches. 4. Meeting the objections, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner was satisfied with the order dated 18.01.2018 but now since the respondents have sanctioned criminal prosecution against the petitioner in the year 2023 the petitioner has now gone aggrieved by the order. However, from the relief clause I find that the order of prosecution is not under challenge and that too the order of prosec