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Raja Babu v. State of U.P. and 3 Others

Allahabad HC19 Mar 2026WRIC/10466/2026

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What is this about?

Character certificate rejection; application of mind; guidelines in Anil Kumar (Writ-C No. 718 of 2025); police character verification; remand to Senior Superintendent of Police, Bareilly; one-month timeline; recall liberty for concealment; Allahabad High Court; Writ-C No. 10466 of 2026; Raja Babu v. State of U.P.; writ petition allowed.

What did the court decide?

Impugned order rejecting the character certificate application set aside; matter remitted to respondent No.2, Senior Superintendent of Police, District Bareilly, to reconsider in light of the Anil Kumar guidelines within one month; no order as to costs; liberty to respondents to file recall application in case of concealment of fact by the petitioner. ¶20

Raja Babu vs State of U.P. and 3 Others — Allahabad HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

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Outcome

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Issue for consideration

Whether the order rejecting the petitioner's application for issuance of a character certificate was passed without application of mind and in disregard of the guidelines laid down by this Court in Anil Kumar (supra).

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Court's answer

The order rejecting the character certificate of the petitioner was passed without application of mind, and the respondent-authority did not consider the guidelines laid down by this Court in Anil Kumar (supra).

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Ratio / Principle

The order rejecting the online application of the petitioner for issuance of character certificate cannot be sustained and is set aside.

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Key takeaways

The matter is remitted to respondent No.2, Senior Superintendent of Police, District Bareilly, to consider issuance of the character certificate in light of the guidelines in Anil Kumar (supra) within one month from production of certified copy of the order.ratio¶19

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Writ petition under Article 226 jurisdiction (Writ-C) challenging rejection of an application for issuance of a character certificate. Held: the rejection order was passed without application of mind and without adherence to the guidelines laid down by the Allahabad High Court in Anil Kumar (Writ-C No. 718 of 2025); such an order cannot be sustained. The rejection order was set aside and the matter remitted to the Senior Superintendent of Police, District Bareilly (respondent No.2), to consider issuance of the character certificate in light of the Anil Kumar guidelines within one month of production of a certified copy of the order. Writ petition allowed with no order as to costs; respondents given liberty to file a recall application if any concealment of fact by the petitioner is found.

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD

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WRIT - C No. - 10466 of 2026

Raja Babu

.....Petitioner(s)

Versus

State Of U.P. And 3 Others

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.....Respondent(s)

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Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Kalp Dev Mishra, Suneel
Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C.

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Court No. - 40

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HON'BLE SARAL SRIVASTAVA, J. HON'BLE SUDHANSHU CHAUHAN, J.

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Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Standing Counsel for Staterespondents.

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The petitioner being aggrieved by order rejecting the application of the petitioner for issuance of the character certificate by the respondents-authority has approached this Court by means of the present writ petition.

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Challenging the aforesaid order, learned counsel for the petitioner has contended that said order has been passed without application of mind inasmuch as it has failed to consider the guidelines laid down by this Court in bunch of writ petitions leading of which is Writ-C No.718 of 2025 (Anil Kumar Vs. State of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Deptt. Of Home Lko. & Others) . Accordingly, it is submitted that the order rejecting the character certificate of the petitioner cannot be sustained in law.

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Per contra, learned Standing Counsel would contend that while rejecting the character certificate, cogent reason has been recorded by the competent authority, and therefore, there is no illegality in the order rejecting the character certificate of the petitioner.

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Be that as it may, it is evident that the order rejecting the character certificate of the petitioner has been passed without application of mind. This Court in the case of Anil Kumar (supra) has laid down the guidelines which has to be adhered to by the competent authority before rejecting application of character certificate whereas in the instant case, the respondent-authority has not considered the guidelines laid down by this Court in the case of Anil Kumar (supra) while rejecting the character certificate of the petitioner.

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In such view of the fact, the order rejecting the online application of the petitioner for issuance of character certificate cannot be sustained, and is accordingly set aside.

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WRIC No. 10466 of 2026

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The matter is remitted to the respondent No.2-Senior Superintendent of Police District Bareilly to consider the issuance of the character certificate to the petitioner in the light of the guidelines laid down by this Court in the case of Anil Kumar (supra) within a period of one month from the date of production of certified copy of this order.

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Thus, for the reasons given above, the writ petition is allowed with no order as to costs.

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It is made clear that if there is any concealment of fact by the petitioner in obtaining the present order, the respondents shall have the liberty to file recall application to recall the said order.

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March 19, 2026 Arif

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(Sudhanshu Chauhan,J.) (Saral Srivastava,J.)

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Digitally signed by :- MOHAMMAD ARIF High Court of Judicature at Allahabad

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