WRIT - A No. 82 of 2026 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - A No. - 82 of 2026 Dharmpal .....Petitioner(s) Versus The State Of U.P. And 2 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Aditya Prakash Verma, Ranjana Verma, Shailesh Verma Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C. Court No. - 33 HON'BLE VIKAS BUDHWAR, J. 1. Heard Sri Shailesh Verma along with Ankeshwar Mishra (A/A 0355/2025), learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Gaurav Singh, learned Standing Counsel, who appears for State-respondents. 2. The case of the writ petitioner is that he was appointed as a home-guard on 31.12.2008, however, two criminal cases were lodged against the writ petitioner firstly case crime no. 0529 of 2022, under Sections 498-A, 323, 506 & 354 IPC and the second case being case crime no. 0296 of 2022, under Section 306 IPC, a show cause notice came to be issued on 10.09.2025 by the District Commandant of Home-Guards, Shahjahanpur, third respondent show causing the writ petitioner as to why is appointment may not be cancelled/ terminated and owing to lodging of criminal case and further he was not allowed to perform work. 3. Learned counsel for the writ petitioner submits that the entire basis is the Govern