Rakesh Kumar Dev v. State of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Infrastructure and Industrial Development Lko. and 2 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: interim stay of transfer order; suspended and reinstated employee; disciplinary enquiry pendency; posting at district-Gautambudh Nagar pending enquiry; UPSIDA Kanpur transfer; General Manager (Administration/General); order no. 6150/77-4-25-462writ/25 dated 11-12-2025; five hundred kms transfer hardship; enquiry to conclude within three months; vacation of interim order on non-cooperation; counter affidavit three weeks; Allahabad High Court Lucknow Bench; Shree Prakash Singh, J.; Writ - A No. 1568 of 2026; State of U.P. Addl. Chief Secretary Infrastructure and Industrial Development.
What did the court decide?
Interim relief granted in the pending writ petition: (i) effect and operation of the transfer order dated 11-12-2025 and the consequential order stayed till further orders; (ii) respondent authorities directed to post the petitioner in district-Gautambudh Nagar or a nearby district or any authority until the enquiry reaches its logical end, with liberty to take work or not; (iii) counter affidavit within three weeks, rejoinder within one week thereafter, matter to be relisted; (iv) enquiry to conclude within three months with petitioner's cooperation, failing which liberty to seek vacation of the interim order; (v) after finalisation of enquiry, department free to consider posting as per law.