MOKHTAR ANSARI Vs. STATE OF U P

JUDGEMENT

(1.) M. A. Khan, J. This writ petition has been field by the petitioner for issue of a writ of mandamus directing the opposite parties to provide security to the petitioner free of cost and of "z" category.

(2.) THE petitioner has field this petition with the allegation that he is duly elected member of the Legislative Assembly and was so elected from Mau Constituency of Uttar Pradesh in 1996. THE State Government provided security of two Gunners to the petitioner, but subsequently an order (Annexure No. 1) was passed by the State Government thereby providing six security guards to the petitioner in view of the threat and danger to his life.

(3.) THE petitioner alleges that in similarly placed circumstances, higher security was provided to other persons, but the petitioner has been deprived of that security despite the genuine threat perceptions to his life.