SPECIAL APPEAL No. 280 of 2026 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD SPECIAL APPEAL No. - 280 of 2026 Suresh .....Appellant(s) Versus State of U.P. and 4 others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Appellant(s) : Rajesh Nath Tripathi, Udai Shankar Chauhan Counsel for Respondent(s) : Meenakshi Singh, A.C.S.C., Namit Kumar Sharma, Deepak Kumar Jaiswal Chief Justice's Court HON'BLE ARUN BHANSALI, CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE KSHITIJ SHAILENDRA, J. 1. This appeal is directed against order dated 05.02.2026 passed by learned Single Judge in Writ-C No. 38320 of 2025 whereby the writ petition filed by respondent no. 5 against order passed by the District Magistrate, Ghazipur in exercise of powers under Section 95(1)(g) of the U.P. Panchayati Raj Act, 1947 ('Act') removing him as Gram Pradhan of Gram Panchayat Sanehua, Block Kasimabad, District Ghazipur has been set aside. 2. Counsel for the respondent no. 5 raised a preliminary objection that besides the fact that the appeal at the instance of the complainant is not maintainable, the appellant was not a party before the learned Single Judge and therefore, filing of the present appeal without seeking leave to appeal is not maintainable. 3. Counsel for the appellant attempted to make