Kedar Singh v. State of U.P. and Another

Court No. - 40 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 32851 of 2023 Petitioner :- Kedar Singh Respondent :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Petitioner :- Vijay Singh Sengar Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Mahesh Chandra Tripathi,J. Hon'ble Prashant Kumar,J.

¶1Heard Shri Vijay Singh Sengar, learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel for the State-respondents..

¶2By means of the present writ petition, the petitioner has prayed for a writ of mandamus directing the respondent no. 2 to consider the petitioner's pending application dated 26.11.2022 and a issue character certificate in favour of the petitioner.

¶3The petitioner applied application for issuance of character certificate on 26.11.2022 before the District Magistrate. It appears that the character certificate has not been accorded in favour of the petitioner on account of criminal proceedings which is pending consideration against the petitioner. It is explained in the writ petition that one case under Sections 323, 427, 504, 506 of IPC was registered.

¶4Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, without adverting to the merits of the case, we deem it appropriate that the character certificate must be considered by the competent authority in accordance with law expeditiously, preferably, within three weeks from the date of receipt of certified copy of this order.

¶5With the aforesaid direction, the writ petition stands disposed of. Order Date :- 31.10.2023 Rama Kant High Court of Judicature at Allahabad