NISHITH RAI Vs. STATE OF U P

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Heard Mr. H.G.S. Parihar, learned Senior Counsel, assisted by Ms. Meenakshi Singh Parihar, learned counsel for the petitioner, Mr. Raghvendra Singh, learned Advocate General, assisted by Mr. A.N. Trivedi, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel, for the respondent-State and Mr. Manish Kumar, Advocate with Ms. Kritika Ranjan, learned counsel for respondents 4 to 7.

(2.) Learned Advocate General for the State seeks short adjournment to file counter-affidavit and place relevant materials on record. This being the first date, we are inclined to grant time, as prayed, till 20.03.2018. Learned Senior Counsel for the petitioner, however, insisted for hearing of the petition for interim order. In this backdrop, we have heard counsel for the parties for some time and with their assistance, gone through entire materials placed on record. It would be advantageous to reproduce the prayers made in the writ petition to understand the challenge raised by the petitioner:

(3.) It appears that the petitioner had earlier filed a writ petition bearing Service Bench No. 19231 of 2017, for the following reliefs: