SPECIAL APPEAL DEFECTIVE No. 393 of 2026 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD SPECIAL APPEAL DEFECTIVE No. - 393 of 2026 Rajendra Prasad Pandey .....Appellant(s) Versus State Of U.P. And 5 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Appellant(s) : Kamlesh Kumar Tiwari, Priya Tiwari, Yogesh Shukla Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C. Court No. - 3 HON'BLE SAUMITRA DAYAL SINGH, J. HON'BLE SWARUPAMA CHATURVEDI, J. Re: C.M. Delay Condonation Application No. 01 of 2026 1. Cause shown sufficient. Delay in filing the appeal is condoned. 2. Application is allowed. Order on Appeal 3. Heard Shri Kamlesh Kumar Tiwari, learned counsel for the original petitioner/appellant and Shri Ankit Gaur, learned Standing Counsel for the State. 4. Present intra-Court appeal has arisen against the order dated 22.01.2026 in Rajendra Prasad Pandey vs State of U.P. Through Secretary And 5 Others, 2026:AHC:16795. By that order, learned single judge has dismissed the writ petition filed by the petitioner. 5. Relevant to the present, it may be noted, the original petitioner/appellant had approached this Court by means of Writ - A No. 14489 of 2021 primarily for the following relief: "(i) Issue a writ order or direction in the nature of Mandamus direct to the r