Disposed

Shriprakash v. State of U.P. and 3 Others

Allahabad HC9 Nov 2023WRIA/18984/2023

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The High Court allowed a writ petition seeking to reopen a sealed envelope regarding the petitioner's promotion application due to pending criminal proceedings. The court directed the authority to consider the representation under a specific Government Order.

What did the court decide?

Direction to competent authority to examine representation and issue reasoned order within two months; offer ad hoc appointment if eligible.

Shriprakash Vs State of U.P. and 3 Others — Pension and Retirement Benefits | Allahabad HC (2023)

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Court No. - 34

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Case :- WRIT - A No. - 18984 of 2023

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Petitioner :- Shriprakash Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Atipriya Gautam,Harsh Kumar Anand,Madhaw Pandey,Sr. Advocate Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.

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Hon'ble Ajit Kumar,J.

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Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Standing Counsel.

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Petitioner who is seeking promotion from the post of Jail Warder to Head Jail Warder has come up before this Court with the prayer that the sealed envelope may be permitted to be opened in the light of provisions contained under the Government Order dated 28.05.1997 read with 09.01.2018.

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It is argued by learned Senior Advocate appearing for the petitioner that the sealed cover procedure was adopted in the matter of petitioner on 27th December, 2019 on account of pending criminal case in connection with case crime No.- 204 of 2015 instituted in the year 2015 which resulted in filing of charge sheet by the police in the year 2018. It is submitted that the trial is going on and petitioner in any circumstances is not responsible for the delayed criminal proceedings and therefore, his representation is liable to be considered in the light of provisions as contained in para 10 of the Government Order (supra). Para 10 of the Government Order is reproduced hereunder:

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"(10) चयन सममिमति दቛኋरቛኋ ्ቚथमि बቛኋर आररोमपिति कቛኋममिरक ककी ्ቚरो्ቐमति पिर मविचቛኋर करनने एविवं मिमुहर बन्द ललिफቛኋफने ककी ्ቚमቅኌयቛኋ अपिनቛኋयने जቛኋनने कने बቛኋद एक विरर ककी अविलधि बबीति जቛኋनने पिर भबी इस अविलधि मिम ऐसबी अविलधि आगमणिति नहीሻ ककी जቛኋयनेगबी लजसमिम अपिचቛኋरबी कቛኋममिरक दቛኋरቛኋ अविध्यቛኋन कने कቛኋरणि जजॉच ्ቚमቅኌयቛኋ मिम मविलिम्ब हहआ। यमद आररोमपिति कቛኋममिरक कने मविरय मिम ्ቚशቛኋसनቛኋलधिकरणि ककी जजॉच मविभቛኋगबीय कቛኋयरविቛኋहबी / अमभयरोजन कቛኋ अनन्तिमि पिररणिቛኋमि ्ቚቛኋ्቎ न हहआ हरो , तिरो ऐसने कቛኋममिरकोሗ कने मविरय मिम , जरो मनलिनम्बति नहीሻ हह / चयन सममिमति दቛኋरቛኋ मनम्नललिलखिति ्ቚमतिबन्धिोሗ कने सቛኋथ तिदथर आधिቛኋर पिर ्ቚरो्ቐमति कने सम्बन्धि मिम मविचቛኋर मकयቛኋ जቛኋयनेगቛኋ।

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( क ) आररोमपिति कቛኋममिरक कने मविरू्ቍ लिगቛኋयने गयने आररोपि क्यቛኋ इतिनने गम्भबीर हह मक उनकने आधिቛኋर पिर उसने भमविरय मिम भबी ्ቚरो्ቐमति सने विवंमचति रखिቛኋ जቛኋनቛኋ उपियमु्ሹ / जनमहति मिम हरोगቛኋ।

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( खि ) क्यቛኋ ्ቚशቛኋसनቛኋलधिकरणि ककी जजॉच / मविभቛኋगबीय कቛኋयरविቛኋहबी अमभयरोजन कने अनन्तिमि पिररणिቛኋमि्ቚ ቛኋ्቎ हरोनने मिम कቛኋफकी समिय लिगनेगቛኋ।

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( ग ) ्ቚशቛኋसቛኋलधिकरणि ककी जजॉच / मविभቛኋगबीय कቛኋयरविቛኋहबी अमभयरोजन मिम हरो रहने मविलिम्ब कने ललिए्ቚ त्य्ቌ यቛኋ पिररो्ቌ रूपि सने आररोपिमति कቛኋममिरक तिरो दरोरबी नहीሻ हह।

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( घ ) आररोमपिति कቛኋममिरक करो तिदथर ्ቚरो्ቐमति मदयने जቛኋनने पिर विह अपिनने पिद कቛኋ दमुरूपियरोग अथविቛኋ जजॉच करो कमु्ቚभቛኋमविति तिरो नहीሻ करनेगቛኋ।

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( ड ) यमद स्ቌमि ्ቚቛኋलधिकቛኋरबी उपिररो्ሹ खिण्ड ( क ) ( खि ) ( ग ) ( घ ) कने आधिቛኋर पिर मविचቛኋररोपिरቛኋन्ति आररोपिमति कቛኋममिरकोሗ ककी तिदथर आधिቛኋर पिर ्ቚरो्ቐति करनቛኋ उपियमु्ሹ समिझतिने हह तिरो उस दशቛኋ मिम मविभቛኋगबीय चयन सममिमति कने सቛኋमिनने मिቛኋमिलिने करो रखिቛኋ जቛኋयनेगቛኋ जरो आररोमपिति कቛኋममिरक कने सम्पिपूणिर अमभलिनेखिोሗ कने आधिቛኋर पिर उसकने कቛኋय቟ኘ कቛኋ मिपूल्यቛኋकन करनेगबी तिथቛኋ तिदथर रूपि सने ्ቚरो्ቐमति देने न कने अथविቛኋ न देने कने मविरय मिम अपिनबी सवंस्ति न ुति दनेगबी। म

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( च ) यमद जजॉच ्ቚशቛኋसनቛኋलधिकरणि आमद मकसबी अन्य एजेसबी दቛኋरቛኋ करቛኋई जቛኋ रहबी हरो तिरो उस न दशቛኋ मिम उस एजेसबी कቛኋ पिरቛኋमिशर भबी इस मबन्दमु तिदथर आधिቛኋर पिर ्ቚरो्ቐमति द न ेने पिर ्ቚቛኋ्቎ मकयቛኋ न जቛኋयनेगቛኋ।

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( छ ) उपिररो्ሹ ्ቚमቅኌयቛኋ कने उपिरቛኋन्ति आररोमपिति कቛኋममिरक कቛኋ तिदथर रूपि सने ्ቚरो्ቐमति मकयने जቛኋनने कने आदनेशोሗ मिम यह स्पि्ቖ मकयቛኋ जቛኋयनेगቛኋ मक ्ቚरो्ቐमति अमቇኌमि आदनेशोሗ तिक कने ललिए ककी जቛኋतिबी हह और शቛኋसन करो उ्ሹ तिदथर ्ቚरो्ቐमति करो कभबी भबी समिቛኋ्቎ कर देने कቛኋ अलधिकቛኋर हह तिथቛኋ तिदनमुसቛኋर न ऐसने कቛኋममिरक करो उस पिद पिर ्ቚत्यቛኋविमतिरति मकयቛኋ जቛኋ सकतिቛኋ हह लजस पिद सने उसने ्ቚरो्ቐति मकयቛኋ गयቛኋ थቛኋ।

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( ज ) तिदथर आधिቛኋर पिर ्ቚरो्ቐति आररोमपिति कቛኋममिरक कने मविरू्ቍ चलि रहबी ्ቚशቛኋसनቛኋलधिकरणि ककी जजॉच / मविभቛኋगबीय कቛኋयरविቛኋहबी अमभयरोजन आमद कने अनन्तिमि पिररणिቛኋमि ्ቚቛኋ्቎ हरो जቛኋनने पिर उसकने मविरय मिम उसबी ्ቚकቛኋर अमቇኌमि कቛኋयरविቛኋहबी ककी जቛኋयनेगबी , जहसबी ककी जቛኋतिबी हबी यमद उसने तिदथर ्ቚ रो्ቐमति न दबी गयबी हरोतिबी।

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( झ ) यमद न्यቛኋयቛኋलिय दቛኋरቛኋ मकसबी तिदथर रूपि सने ्ቚरो्ቐति कቛኋममिरक करो तिकनबीककी आधिቛኋर पिर ( गमुणिቛኋविगमुणि कने आधिቛኋर पिर नहबी ) दरोरमिमु्ሹ मकयቛኋ जቛኋतिቛኋ हह और न्यቛኋयቛኋलिय कने मनणिरय कने मविरू्ቍ अपिबीलि यቛኋ उसबी आररोपि कने ललिए मविभቛኋगबीय कቛኋयरविቛኋहबी कቛኋ ्ቚस्तिቛኋवि हह तिरो उस दशቛኋ मिम समि्ቌ ्ቚ ቛኋलधिकቛኋरबी इस मबन्दमु पिर मविचቛኋर करनेगम मक आररोमपिति कቛኋममिरक करो तिदथर ्ቚरो्ቐमति पिर बनቛኋयने रखिቛኋ जቛኋय अथविቛኋ नहीሻ। "

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Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that in the above regard, petitioner has already approached the authority on 29th July, 2023 by making a representation, copy whereof has been brought as Annexure No.- 12 to the writ petition.

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Learned Standing Counsel submits that the matter can be

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directed to be examined in the light of provisions as contained in para 10 of the Government Order by the competent authority in the matter which has been represented with.

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In view of the above, this petition stands disposed of with a direction to the competent authority to look into and consider the representation of the petitioner in the light of provisions as contained in para 10 of the Government Order and pass appropriate, reasoned and speaking order within a period of two months of presentation of certified copy of this order. It is further provided that in the event respondents comes to conclude that the petitioner is entitled to benefit of reopening of the sealed envelop, the same shall be reopen and petitioner be offered ad hoc appointment subject to the conclusion of trial and be paid salary accordingly.

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Order Date :- 9.11.2023 Atmesh

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Digitally signed by :- ATMESH KESARI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad

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