WRIT - A No. 19382 of 2022 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - A No. - 19382 of 2022 alongwith WRIT - A No. - 17193 of 2023 Pradeep Kumar .....Petitioner(s) Versus State Of U.P. And 3 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Atipriya Gautam, Durvesh Kumar, Sr. Advocate, Vinod Kumar Mishra Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C. Court No. - 34 HON'BLE VIKAS BUDHWAR, J. 1. Today, the leading and connected writ petitions are before this Court. They are tagged with Writ-A No.7824 of 2022 (Arvind Kumar Vs. State of U.P. and 2 others). However, since issues are not similar thus, the leading and the connected writ petitions are detagged. 2. Heard Shri Rishabh Kesarwani (A/R-0711/21), learned Advocate holding brief of Shri Atipriya Gautam, learned counsel for the writ petitioner in leading and connected writ petitions as well as Shri R.S. Umrao, learned Standing Counsel for the State. 3. Since counter affidavit and rejoinder affidavit have been exchanged between the parties and they do not propose to file any further affidavit, as such, these writ petitions are being decided at the admission stage. 4. The facts of the leading writ petition are that the writ petitioner was appointed as a constable (d