Questions arising and framed in the following three orders are referred to this Bench for its considerations: (i) order dated 29.11.2018 passed in Writ – A No. 24273 of 2018 (Deepak Singh ... And 9 others vs. State of U.P. and 8 others), (ii) order dated 12.1.2009 passed in Civil Misc. Writ Petition No. 671 of 2009 (Ajay Kumar Singh vs. State of U.P. and another) and (iii) order dated 15.2.2019 passed in Special Appeal No. 09 of 2019 (Himan Singh vs. State of U.P. and 8 others).