WRIT - C No. 37053 of 2025 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - C No. - 37053 of 2025 Marufa Begum .....Petitioner(s) Versus Union Of India And 5 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Anoop Kumar Sharma, Vikas Rastogi Counsel for Respondent(s) : A.S.G.I., Anadi Krishna Narayana, C.S.C. A.F.R. Court No. - 4 HON'BLE AJIT KUMAR, J. HON'BLE SWARUPAMA CHATURVEDI, J. Per Swarupama Chaturvedi, J. 1. Heard Sri Vikas Rastogi, learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri Shailesh Kumar Pandey, learned panel counsel for the respondent-Bank and Sri Pradeep Kumar Shahi, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel for the State respondents. 2. This petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India against the action of freezing of the bank account of petitioner by the respondent bank with the prayer to issue a writ in the nature of mandamus directing respondent bank (Respondent no. 5) to defreeze the Saving Account No. 43390100002893 of Bank of Baroda, Branch Imamganj, Mooratganj, District-Kaushambi and to permit the petitioner to withdraw the amount from her aforesaid account. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is employed as a Shikshamitra (Teacher) at Prath