Rakesh Singh v. State of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. and 2 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench); WRIT - A No. - 12064 of 2025; Rakesh Singh vs State of U.P. thru Addl. Chief Secretary Home Department and 2 Others; Manish Mathur, J.; October 13, 2025; recovery from salary Rs. 8,24,965/-; censure entry; show cause notice dated 27th March 2025; excess payment/emoluments to superannuated employee; orders quashed by Certiorari; passed merely on non-submission of reply; no substantive satisfaction recorded; liberty to file reply within 15 days; fresh orders afresh; proceedings within two months; allowed at admission stage; parties bear own costs; no statute or precedent citations in judgment.
What did the court decide?
Both impugned orders dated 21 September 2025 (recovery of Rs. 8,24,965/- from salary and censure entry) quashed by writ in the nature of Certiorari; petitioner granted liberty to file a reply to the show cause notice within 15 days, upon which the concerned authority shall take it into account, pass orders afresh and conclude proceedings within two months; petition succeeded and was allowed at the admission stage itself; parties to bear their own costs.