Manoj Kumar Shukla v. State of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Deptt. of Appointment Anubhag U.P. Civil Secrt. Lko. and Others
Case brief
What is this about?
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench; WRIT - A No. 3144 of 2023; decided 10.4.2025; Neutral Citation 2025:AHC-LKO:20453-DB. Keywords: compulsory retirement; Rule 56 of the Financial Handbook, Chapter - II Part II to IV; Full Court proceedings 12.09.2022; Screening Committee report 20.06.2022; failure to assail decision-making process; refusal to amend writ petition; compulsory retirement no stigma as pension already drawn; Article 226 writ jurisdiction; petition dismissed. Petitioner-in-person: Manoj Kumar Shukla. Counsel: Vijay Dixit (for the High Court); C.S.C./learned Standing Counsel (for State-respondents); Gaurav Mehrotra. Coram: Attau Rahman Masoodi, J. and Ajai Kumar Srivastava-I, J.
What did the court decide?
The challenge to the compulsory retirement order is futile unless the reasoning on which it is passed (the Screening Committee report deliberated in the Full Court proceedings) is assailed with a corresponding prayer; the petitioner, though offered the chance, declined to amend the petition to do so.