Bikram Singh Rathaur v. State of U.P. and 3 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Short service-law writ order (WRIT - A No. 3263 of 2025, High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, decided 8.4.2025; neutral citation 2025:AHC:50135). Petitioner Bikram Singh Rathaur sought consideration of a punishment proposal pending approval before the District Inspector of Schools, Shahjahanpur (respondent no.2), who had fixed 16.04.2025 for it. Court issued a direction/mandamus to decide the punishment proposal within two months of production of certified copy, with liberty to claim salary for the suspension period. No statutes or precedents discussed.
What did the court decide?
Direction to respondent no.2 (District Inspector of Schools, Shahjahanpur) to consider and pass appropriate order on the punishment proposal within two months of production of a certified copy of the order; liberty to the petitioner to raise before respondent no.2 any claim for salary during the suspended period, to be considered by respondent no.2.