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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
MANJU RANI CHAUHAN
Arun Pratap Singh – Appellant
Versus
State of U.P. – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
MANJU RANI CHAUHAN, J.
1. Written submissions provided by learned counsel for the parties are taken on record.
2. As a common cause of action has been agitated in all the writ petitions, the same are being decided by a common judgment.
3. A composite counter affidavit has been filed in Writ-A No. 179 of 2026, addressing legal issues rather than factual ones. Learned counsel for the petitioners does not propose to file a rejoinder affidavit to the same, as the petitions are being decided solely on the legal issues.
4. Heard Mr. Ashok Khare, learned Senior Advocate assisted by Mr. Siddharth Khare, Mr. Mohd. Yaseen and Mr. Navin Kumar Sharma, Mr. Nipun Singh, learned Senior Advocate assisted by Mr. Shashank Shekhar Mishra, Mr. Tarun Agrawal, learned Senior Advocate assisted by Mr. Prashant Mishra, learned counsels for the petitioners in the present case as well as connected petitions, Mr. Abhishek Srivastava, learned Chief Standing Counsel-VII assisted by Mr. Rishi Kumar, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel, Mr. Shailendra Singh, learned Standing Counsel, Mr. R. P. Srivastava, learned Standing Counsel for the State and Mr. Ashish Kumar Nagvanshi, learned counsel for the re
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