Dr. Surya Kumar Shukla v. State of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Deptt. Medical Health and Family Welfare Lko. and 4 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Allahabad High Court, Lucknow Bench; WRIT - A No. 8686 of 2025; decided 07.08.2025; Neutral Citation 2025:AHC-LKO:46051. Petitioner: Dr. Surya Kumar Shukla (Medical Health and Family Welfare service matter); Respondent: State of U.P. Subject: continuation of departmental proceedings by order dated 14.02.2025; charge sheet dated 06.03.2023; enquiry report dated 16.10.2023; suspension from 13.02.2023 to 14.02.2025; arrears of salary claimed. Final punishment order passed on 30.07.2025 during pendency and taken on record; petition finally disposed of with liberty to challenge the punishment order before the appropriate forum; questions of law preserved; merits not adjudicated. Keywords: Article 226, departmental proceedings, charge sheet, enquiry report, suspension, salary arrears, punishment order, disposal.
What did the court decide?
Liberty to the petitioner to challenge the final punishment order dated 30.07.2025 before the appropriate forum, with all questions of law raised in the writ petition remaining available to him subsequently; no adjudication of the merits of the charges or the salary-arrears claim.