U.O.I. Thru. General Manager North Eastern Railway Gorakhpur U.P. and 2 Others v. Chandra Bhan Pandey
Case brief
What is this about?
Short interim listing order of the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench (Court No. 1) dated February 20, 2026, in WRIT - A No. - 1967 of 2026 filed by U.O.I./North Eastern Railway (counsel: Ajit Kumar Dwivedi) against Chandra Bhan Pandey. Sole substantive point: a one-and-a-half-year delay in filing found not satisfactorily explained; petitioner's counsel given two weeks to address it; matter to be listed fresh before the same bench (Rajan Roy and Manish Kumar, JJ.). Relevant only for tracking delay-in-filing treatment; contains no statutory references, case citations, quantum, or final disposition.
What did the court decide?
Interim order only: two weeks' time granted to petitioner's counsel to assist the Court on the unexplained delay in filing; petition to be listed thereafter as fresh. No adjudication on delay condonation or merits at this stage.