WRIT - A No. 583 of 2026 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - A No. - 583 of 2026 Sandeep Kumar Yadav .....Petitioner(s) Versus State Of U.P. And 3 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Ashutosh Kumar Singh, Banshi Dhar Mishra Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., Mahendra Narain Singh Court No. - 33 HON'BLE VIKAS BUDHWAR, J. 1. Heard Sri B.D. Mishra, learned counsel for the writ petitioner and Sri Gaurav Singh, learned Standing Counsel for the State as well as Sri Avanish Tripathi for the Commission. 2. The grievance of the writ petitioner is that he applied in pursuance of the Advertisement No.1/2015-16 issued by the Commission for recruitment on 7 posts of Assistant Statistical Officers. The writ petitioner claims to have been applied in pursuance thereof. He was also called for interview, however, at the time of verification, it was found that a criminal case bearing number '332/2019' u/s 419, 420, 467, 468, 471 IPC is pending against the writ petitioner along with Case Crime no.291 of 2020 under Section 3(1) of the Gangster Act. Learned counsel for the writ petitioner submits that in view of the Government Order dated 21.05.1958, mere conviction is not a ground ipso facto to outr