WRIT - A No. 3559 of 2026 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - A No. - 3559 of 2026 Mohammad Sajid .....Petitioner(s) Versus Union Of India And 5 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Uma Shankar Singh Counsel for Respondent(s) : A.S.G.I., Prem Shanker Prasad Court No. - 33 HON'BLE VIKAS BUDHWAR, J. 1. Heard Sri Uma Shankar Singh, learned counsel for the writ petitioner and Sri Prem Shanker Prasad, learned Standing Counsel for the State. 2. A preliminary objection has been raised by Sri Prem Shanker Prasad regarding the maintainability of the present petition on the premise that this Court has no territorial jurisdiction over the matter, particularly when the selection of the sixth respondent had been conducted in Maharashtra and the sixth respondent is presently working in CRPF in Odisha. Reliance has been placed upon the Full Bench judgment in Rajendra Kumar Mishra vs. Union of India, (2004) 1 UPLBEC 108. 3. Learned counsel for the writ petitioner could not dispute the said preposition. However, according to him, the respondent no.6 is permanent resident of Mau and thus this Court may have territorial jurisdiction irrespective of the fact that the selection of respondent no.6 had b