WRIT - C No. 1543 of 2026 at Lucknow

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW WRIT - C No. - 1543 of 2026 Ankit Pandey .....Petitioner(s) Versus State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Home Deptt. Lko And 4 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Virendra Kumar Dubey Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C. Court No. - 3 HON'BLE SHEKHAR B. SARAF, J. HON'BLE ABDHESH KUMAR CHAUDHARY, J. 1. Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the parties. 2. This is a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, wherein the writ petitioner has made the following main prayer:- "(i) to issue writ order or direction in the nature of mandamus directing and commanding the opposite parties to provide police security / gunner in the light of government order dated 09.05.2014 contained as Annexure No. 4 to the writ petition pursuant to which the reports have already been submitted by the Sub-Inspectors, Kumarganj, Ayodhya, within some reasonable time." 3. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner was given protection of a gunner in the year 2021, as he was a witness in a case against Mr. Sanjay Singh. He submits that the trial is ongoing and the petitioner is extr