SPECIAL APPEAL No. 384 of 2025 at Lucknow

A.F.R. Reserved on : 28.10.2025 Delivered on : 18.11.2025 HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW SPECIAL APPEAL No. - 384 of 2025 Union of India Thru. Secy. Ministry Home Affairs C.g.o. Complax New Delhi and 4 others …..Appellant(s) Versus Vijay Kumar Pandey …..Respondent(s) Counsel for Appellant(s) : Anand Dwivedi, Counsel for Respondent(s) : Durgesh Mishra, Court No. - 1 HON'BLE RAJAN ROY, J. HON'BLE RAJEEV BHARTI, J. ( Per Rajan Roy,J) 1. Heard Shri S.B. Pandey, learned Senior Advocate & D.S.G.I. assisted by Shri Anand Dwivedi, learned Counsel for the appellants and Shri Durgesh Mishra, learned Counsel for the respondent. 2. This special appeal has been filed by the Union of India challenging the judgement and order dated 21.8.2024 passed by learned Single Judge in Writ -A No.22248 of 2021 (Vijay 2 SPLA No. - 384 of 2025 Kumar Pandey Vs. Union of India and others ) by which the writ petition filed by the respondent petitioner has been allowed. 3. In the writ petition, the petitioner sought the following reliefs :- " i) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of Certiorari quashing impugned orders dated 17.12.2019; 04.02.2020 & 16.03.2021 passed by opposite party no