(1.) Heard Sri Vishnu Singh for the petitioner; learned Standing Counsel for the respondents 1 and 2; and Sri K.M. Tripathi, holding brief of Sri Radhey Raman Mishra, for the contesting respondents 3 to 7.
(2.) With the consent of the learned counsel for the parties, this petition is being finally decided at the admission stage itself.
(3.) Briefly stated facts giving rise to the present petition are as follows:-