WRIT - A No. 12688 of 2025 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - A No. - 12688 of 2025 Vinod Kumar .....Petitioner(s) Versus State Of U.P. And 4 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Nitin Sharma, Siddhant Sahai Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C. Court No. - 4 HON'BLE AJIT KUMAR, J. 1. Heard Shri Nitin Sharma, learned counsel for petitioner and learned Standing Counsel representing State respondents. 2. By means of this petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution petitioner has questioned the charge-sheet dated 17.07.2025 on the ground that on identical charges petitioner had been earlier charge sheeted in which finally he stood exonerated and hence, it is a malicious act on the part of the respondent to put the petitioner undergo disciplinary proceedings again. 3. Shri Sharma, learned counsel for petitioner then submits that though the charge-sheet is signed by the inquiry officer also but his name or seal is not there upon the charge-sheet which makes the charge sheet also unsustainable. 4. Per contra, it is argued by learned Standing Counsel that merely for charges were identical, it does not mean that the petitioner will get exonerated from the charges this time also. It i