Rahul Prajapati v. State of U.P. Thru. Addl.Chief Secy/ Prin. Secy.. Basic Education Deptt. Lko. and 4 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Rahul Prajapati v. State of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy./Prin. Secy. Basic Education Deptt. Lko. and 4 Others; WRIT - A No. 9526 of 2025; High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench; Abdul Moin, J.; decided August 28, 2025. Keywords: alternative remedy, appeal before appellate authority, punishment order dated 12.06.2025, disposal of writ petition with liberty to appeal, time-bound disposal of departmental appeal (two weeks to file, six weeks to decide), U.P. Basic Education Department, service matter, counsel Santosh Kumar Gupta (petitioner), C.S.C. and Ravi Prakash Yadav (respondents).
What did the court decide?
Liberty to the petitioner to file an appeal before the appellate authority against the punishment order dated 12.06.2025 within two weeks; direction that the appellate authority decide such appeal on merits in accordance with law and relevant rules within six weeks of its filing.