Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:2954 Court No. - 6 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 486 of 2025 Petitioner :- Nitin Chaudhary Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Deptt. Of Home Lko And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Rajesh Kumar Srivastava,Khusboo Sharma Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Alok Mathur,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for petitioner as well as learned Standing Counsel for respondents. 2. By means of present writ petition, the petitioner has challenged the punishment order dated 21.10.2024 whereby the petitioner has been reverted to the minimum of the pay scale. 3. Learned Standing Counsel has raised a preliminary objection to the effect that petitioner has equally efficacious remedy by filing an appeal before the appellate authority against the punishment order. 4. Learned counsel for petitioner does not dispute the said facts. 5. Accordingly, learned counsel for petitioner submits that he may be permitted to withdraw this writ petition with a liberty to file an appeal before the appellate authority. He further submits that time limit may be provided for deciding the appeal. 6. In view of the above, the writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn of with a liberty to move an appeal before the appellate authority and in case the appeal is file within next two weeks, the appellate authority shall consider and decide the same within four months thereafter in accordance with law. (Alok Mathur, J.) Order Date :- 17.1.2025 Ravi/ Digitally signed by :- RAVI SHANKAR SRIVASTAV High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench