Gourav Choudhary (S.I. , PNO-192510716) v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. of Home Lko. and 3 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Writ petition (WRIT-A No. 160 of 2026, Allahabad High Court Lucknow Bench, Manish Mathur, J., decided 12 January 2026) by Sub-Inspector Gourav Choudhary against minor penalty 'censor entry' order dated 07.04.2024 and appellate/revisional orders; reliefs sought included mandamus to ignore punishment orders and restore withheld service benefits; State raised alternative-remedy preliminary objection (claim petition before U.P. State Public Services Tribunal); petition dismissed as withdrawn with liberty to file afresh before the Tribunal; claim petition to be decided on own merits, expeditiously, without undue adjournment; no statutes or precedents cited; no dissent.
What did the court decide?
Petition dismissed as withdrawn with liberty to file afresh; liberty to approach the U.P. State Public Services Tribunal by filing a claim petition, to be decided on its own merits expeditiously and without undue adjournment. No substantive relief on the impugned minor penalty orders was granted by this Court.