Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:7246 Court No. - 5 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 1400 of 2025 Petitioner :- Om Prakash Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. (Cooperative) And 5 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Nirankar Singh,Ramesh Chandra Mishra,Sheo Narain Rao Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Gaurav Mehrotra Hon'ble Abdul Moin,J. 1. Heard. 2. Admittedly, against the order impugned dated 15.01.2025 per which penalty of recovery has been imposed against the petitioner, the petitioner has statutory remedy of filing an appeal before the Chairman of the Bank. 3. Considering the aforesaid, the writ petition is disposed of leaving it open to the petitioner to file an appeal against the order impugned within a period of two weeks from today. In case the appeal is filed, the appellate authority shall proceed to decide the same on merits in accordance with law under relevant rules within a period of 8 weeks from the date of filing of the appeal. 4. It would be open for the petitioner to file an application for stay along with the appeal against the impugned punishment order, which shall be considered by the appellate authority within a period of one week from the date of filing of it. Order Date :- 5.2.2025 prateek Digitally signed by :- PRATEEK ARORA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench