Kuldeep Narayan v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Transport Deptt. Lko and 3 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Kuldeep Narayan v. State of U.P. (through Principal Secretary, Transport Department, Lucknow) and 3 Others; WRIT - A No. 2526 of 2025; High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench, Court No. 5; decided 11.3.2025 by Hon'ble Abdul Moin, J.; neutral citation 2025:AHC-LKO:14700. Punishment order dated 04.02.2025 challenged; statutory appeal remedy before appellate authority; apprehension of recovery of amount from salary during pendency of appeal; writ petition disposed of by consent with liberty to file appeal within two weeks; appellate authority to decide appeal within six weeks in accordance with law and relevant rules; stay application to be considered within ten days. Counsel: Diwakar Pratap Pandey and Shyam Narayan Shukla for petitioner; C.S.C. for respondent no. 1; Manav Rathore holding brief of Ratnesh Chandra for respondents no. 2 to 4.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of with liberty to the petitioner to file an appeal against the punishment order dated 04.2.2025 before the appellate authority within two weeks; appellate authority to decide the appeal in accordance with law and relevant rules within six weeks of filing (with certified copy of the order); any stay application filed with the appeal to be considered within ten days.