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2025 DAILYLAW 14091 (UTT)

BARKHA KANYAL v. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND

WPSS/1770/2025 · 2025-10-29

Manoj Kumar Tiwari

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2025:UHC:9549 SL. No. Date Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s order with Signatures COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS WPSS/1770/2025 Hon’ble Manoj Kumar Tiwari, J. Mr. Bhuwan Bhatt, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Narayan Dutt, Standing Counsel for the State. 2. Petitioner is serving as Sub-Inspector in Uttarakhand Police. Minor punishment of censure was given to her vide order dated 28.02.2024, passed by Senior Superintendent of Police, Almora. 3. Against said punishment, petitioner filed Appeal, which was dismissed on the ground of delay by Deputy Inspector General of Police, Kumaon Range, Nainital vide order dated 20.01.2025. Thus feeling aggrieved, petitioner has approached this Court, challenging punishment order, as well as order passed by the Appellate Authority. 4. Learned State Counsel raised preliminary objection that petitioner has statutory remedy of Revision under Rule 23 of U.P. Police Officers of the Subordinate Rank (Punishment and Appeal) Rules, 1991, as applicable in State of Uttarakhand. 5. He further submits that petitioner has also remedy of approaching the Tribunal, as per 2025:UHC:9549 provisions of U.P. Public Service (Tribunals) Act, 1976. 6. Since petitioner has statutory remedies against the orders impugned in this petition, therefore, writ petition is disposed of with liberty to petitioner to approach such forum, as is available to her, in law. 7. Pending application (s), also stand disposed of. (Manoj Kumar Tiwari, J.) 29.10.2025 Mahinder/ MAHINDER SINGH Digitally signed by MAHINDER SINGH DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, ou=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, 2.5.4.20=da6212e6e78d94ed3134842bc6a8d6ca168979ca7b8c2f031a92d1a18b089 23c, postalCode=263001, st=UTTARAKHAND, serialNumber=AB77B7C5B240908B392BE84F5CDD4C2AF35DC4626D305B1BC9EA4 BABA43D2B8F, cn=MAHINDER SINGH Date: 2025.10.29 18:44:01 +05'30'