WRIT - A No. 2827 of 2026 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - A No. - 2827 of 2026 (Leading Writ Petition) Pankaj Kumar Jain .....Petitioner(s) Versus State Of U.P. And 4 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Krishna Kumar, Soumyesh Dutt Tripathi Counsel for Respondent(s) : Bhanu Pratap Singh Kachhawah, C.S.C. with WRIT - A No. - 2828 of 2026 (Connected C1 Writ Petition) Purushottam Lal .....Petitioner(s) Versus State Of U.P. And 4 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Krishna Kumar, Soumyesh Dutt Tripathi Counsel for Respondent(s) : Bhanu Pratap Singh Kachhawah, C.S.C. with WRIT - A No. - 2829 of 2026 (Connected C2 Writ Petition) Devendra Kumar .....Petitioner(s) Versus State Of U.P. And 4 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Krishna Kumar, Soumyesh Dutt Tripathi Counsel for Respondent(s) : Bhanu Pratap Singh Kachhawah, C.S.C. Court No. - 33 HON'BLE VIKAS BUDHWAR, J. 1. Heard Sri Soumyesh Dutt Tripathi, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri R.S. Umrao, learned Standing Counsel, who appears for State- respondents as well as Shri Bhanu Pratap Singh Kachhawah, counsel for the respondent no. 4. WRIA No. 2827 of 2026 2 2. The case of the writ petiti