Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:12871 Court No. - 6 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 2491 of 2025 Petitioner :- Ram Nath Yadav Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Geology And Mining Deptt. Lko. And Another Counsel for Petitioner :- Birendra Kumar Yadav,Balram Yadav,Manoj Kumar Yadav Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Alok Mathur,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for petitioner as well as learned Standing Counsel for the State. 2. It has been submitted by learned counsel for petitioner that petitioner was working on the post of Surveyor in the Department of mining and Geology, government of U.P. in District Jalaun. 3. It is submitted that certain disciplinary proceeding were initiated against the petitioner and by means of order dated 09.07.2019 he was awarded censure entry along with stoppage of one increment. The petitioner had challenged the order of punishment before the Public Service Tribunal by filing a claim petition being Claim Petition No. 2047 of 2019 which was allowed by means of order dated 06.12.2021. 4. The State being aggrieved by the order of Public Service Tribunal had filed a writ petition before this Court being Writ A No. 12115 of 2022 which was dismissed on 22.08.2022 but the Court granted liberty to the State to proceed afresh from the stage of infirmity as pointed out by the Public Service Tribunal. Accordingly, in terms of the directions of the Division Bench of this Court dated 22.08.2022, the respondents have passed the impugned order dated 15.01.2024 which has been assailed by the petitioner in the present writ petition. 5. It has been submitted by learned counsel for petitioner that the petitioner has preferred an appeal on 12.04.2024 against the order of punishment dated 15.01.2024 which is pending before respondent No. 1 till date. 6. After arguing the matter at some length, learned counsel for petitioner submits that grievance of the petitioner shall be substantially redressed in case respondent No. 1 is directed to consider and decide the appeal of the petitioner dated 12.04.2024 (Annexure No. 16) in a time bound manner. 7. Learned Standing Counsel does not object if a direction is issued to respondent for expeditious disposal of the appeal preferred by the petitioner. 8. Accordingly, without entering into the merits of the case, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondent No. 1 to decide the representation of the petitioner dated 12.04.2024 (Annexure No. 16) by speaking and reasoned order in accordance with law expeditiously, say, within a period of six weeks from the date a copy of this order is produced before him. 9. Considering the fact that this Court has not gone into the merit of the case, all the questions raised in the present writ petition are left open to assail at the appropriate stage before appropriate forum. (Alok Mathur, J.) Order Date :- 4.3.2025 Ravi/ Digitally signed by :- RAVI SHANKAR SRIVASTAV High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench Digitally signed by :- RAVI SHANKAR SRIVASTAV High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench