Pawan Kumar Tiwari v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Transport Deptt. Lko. and 4 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Allahabad High Court, Lucknow Bench; WRIT - A No. 9809 of 2025; Hon'ble Abdul Moin, J.; decision August 29, 2025. Interim order on the maintainability under Article 226 of the Constitution of India of a writ petition by Pawan Kumar Tiwari challenging an arbitration award dated 07.02.2025 (annexure 1) brought against the State of U.P. (Transport Deptt.) and four others. Respondents no. 2 to 5 (via Aditi Shree, holding brief of Ratnesh Chandra) objected that the petitioner has a statutory remedy to challenge the award. Court granted petitioner's counsel (Pashupati Nath Dwivedi, Shukla, Pawan Kumar) two weeks to produce supporting case law and ordered the matter relisted as fresh. No holding recorded; no cases cited or treated; no monetary quantum.
What did the court decide?
Interim adjournment: two weeks' time granted to learned counsel for the petitioner to bring case laws on whether an arbitration award can be challenged under Article 226 of the Constitution of India; matter thereafter to be listed as fresh.