Shishu Pal Singh (Head Constable , PNO-972140461) v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko and 3 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Writ - A No. - 1248 of 2026, High Court of Judicature at Allahabad (Lucknow Bench), decided February 5, 2026 by Shree Prakash Singh, J. Transfer/posting of a police Head Constable; request for posting in Budaun, Moradabad or Bareilly on account of wife's spinal ailment (Lumber Disc herniation) under treatment at Aligarh while petitioner posted at Pratapgarh; rejection order dated 19.01.2026 quashed by certiorari as a non-speaking order passed in breach of the Court's earlier direction (order dated 25.11.2025 in Writ - A No. - 13634 of 2025) to consider the grievance; fresh consideration directed within two weeks; Article 226 of Constitution of India; petition allowed at admission stage; parties to bear own costs.
What did the court decide?
Quashing of the order dated 19.01.2026 by a writ of Certiorari; fresh consideration by opposite party no.2 (Inspector General of Police (Establishment), Uttar Pradesh, District Lucknow) of petitioner's grievance regarding the three posting options in light of his wife's medical treatment, with appropriate orders to be passed expeditiously within two weeks from receipt of a certified copy of this order; parties to bear their own costs.