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Bharat Prasad v. State of Up and 3 Others

Allahabad HC21 Apr 2026WRIA/5628/2026

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What is this about?

Allahabad High Court, Writ - A No. 5628 of 2026, Prakash Padia, J., order dated April 21, 2026. Keywords: interim pension; superannuation; Sangrah Amin; stoppage of pension without reasons; representation; Naib Tehsildar Sardar Nagar Chauri Chaura Gorakhpur; Sub Divisional Officer; mandamus to pay pension or show cause by 19.05.2026; pendency of writ petition; no adverse order; State of UP and 3 others; counsel Mritunjay Mohan Sahai; C.S.C.; interim relief; matter listed 19.05.2026.

What did the court decide?

Interim mandamus issued to respondent nos. 3 and 4 collectively to pay interim pension to the petitioner or show cause by 19.05.2026; petitioner's counsel directed to inform respondent nos. 3 and 4 of the order within three days; matter listed on 19.05.2026 to be taken up immediately after recess. ¶16

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Issue for consideration

Whether a mandamus should be issued to respondent nos. 3 and 4 to make payment of interim pension to the petitioner, whose pension was stopped during the pendency of his writ petition in which no adverse order had been passed.

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Court's answer

On perusal of the records, the Court found that the interim pension received by the petitioner from the date of his retirement was stopped due to the pendency of his writ petition before this Court, in which no adverse order stopping the pension had been passed till date.

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Ratio / Principle

A mandamus was issued to respondent nos. 3 and 4 collectively to make payment of interim pension to the petitioner or to show cause by 19.05.2026, with the matter listed on that date.

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Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Interim order (Writ - A No. 5628 of 2026, decided April 21, 2026): Petitioner, superannuated on 30.06.2014 from the post of Sangrah Amin, was receiving interim pension which was stopped without assigning reasons; a letter dated 26.09.2025 from the Naib Tehsildar, Sardar Nagar, Chauri Chaura, District Gorakhpur (respondent no.4) to the Sub Divisional Officer (respondent no.3) stated that no interim pension could be released. The Court observed that the stoppage appeared to be due to pendency of the petitioner's own writ petition before the High Court, in which no adverse order stopping the pension had been passed. A mandamus was issued to respondent nos. 3 and 4 collectively to pay the interim pension or show cause by 19.05.2026; matter listed on 19.05.2026; petitioner's counsel to inform the respondents within three days. No statute or precedent was cited; no costs or quantum awarded.

Bharat Prasad v. State of Up and 3 Others

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