Rakesh Singh v. State of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. and 2 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Rakesh Singh v. State of U.P. (Addl. Chief Secretary, Home Department) and others; WRIT - A No. 12064 of 2025; High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench; Justice Manish Mathur; decided 13 October 2025; recovery from salary Rs. 8,24,965; censure entry; show cause notice dated 27 March 2025; excess payment to superannuated employee; failure to submit reply within stipulated time; no substantive satisfaction recorded; writ of Certiorari; both impugned orders dated 21 September 2025 quashed; liberty to file reply within 15 days; fresh orders and conclusion of proceedings within two months; allowed at admission stage; parties to bear own costs.
What did the court decide?
Quashing of both impugned orders dated 21 September 2025 by writ in the nature of Certiorari; liberty to the petitioner to file a reply to the show cause notice within 15 days; the concerned authority to pass orders afresh taking the reply into account and conclude proceedings within two months from the last date for submission of the reply; parties to bear their own costs.