WRIT - A No. 1096 of 2026 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - A No. - 1096 of 2026 Dhyanchand .....Petitioner(s) Versus State Of U.P. And 2 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Ram Surat Patel, Santosh Kumar Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C. Court No. - 33 HON'BLE VIKAS BUDHWAR, J. 1. Heard Sri Ram Surat Patel, learned counsel for the petitioner and Shri Rahul Malviya, learned Standing Counsel for the State-respondents. 2. A preliminary objection has been raised by learned Standing Counsel regarding the maintainability of the writ petition on the ground that this Court may not have territorial jurisdiction in the matter, particularly, when the writ petitioner is posted in Lucknow and he seeks transfer to district Balrampur or Basti or Siddharthnagar. 3. Learned counsel the writ petitioner could not dispute the legal position. 4. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed off granting liberty to the writ petitioner to prefer proceedings before the Court of law having territorial jurisdiction over the matter. January 29, 2026 Ashu (Vikas Budhwar,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHUTOSH KUMAR PRAJAPATI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad