Mohamad Neyaz Khan v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Govt. of U.P., Lko. and 4 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Suspension of police personnel by DCP, 112 Commissionerate, Lucknow (Order No. 89/2025 dated 31.05.2025); non-payment of subsistence allowance; departmental enquiry pending after charge-sheet dated 18.09.2025 and reply dated 29.09.2025; writ disposed of with consent; enquiry to conclude preferably within two months of certified copy; subsistence allowance including arrears payable forthwith and regularly; certiorari; mandamus.
What did the court decide?
Petition disposed of with consent of counsel: (i) opposite parties directed to conclude the pending disciplinary proceedings preferably within two months from production of a certified copy of the order, subject to the petitioner cooperating in the enquiry (non-cooperation forfeits the benefit); (ii) entire subsistence allowance, including arrears, to be paid forthwith and continued regularly as and when due. The prayer for quashing the suspension order and reinstatement was not adjudicated.