Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:4217 Court No. - 5 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 7703 of 2024 Petitioner :- Vinod Kumar Gautam Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Deptt. Of Gramya Vikas And 5 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Sanjay Kumar Singh Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Abdul Moin,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as Sri Sanjeev Singh, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel for the respondents. 2. Against the order dated 31.08.2024, a copy of which is Annexure-1 to the petition, whereby contractual services of the petitioner have been terminated, it has been informed that the petitioner has a remedy of filing an appeal under Schedule-I Clause 29(i) of the Minimum Features of a Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme referable to Section 4(3) of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005, which appeal can be made to the State Commission (NREGS), Divisional Commissioner (NREGS) and State Grievance Redressal Officer. 3. However, learned counsel for the petitioner points out that the appeal had to be preferred within a period of 45 days from the date of order and a substantial period of time has lapsed since then. 4. Considering the aforesaid, the writ petition is disposed of leaving it open to the petitioner to prefer an appeal to either of the authorities as specified above within a period of two weeks from today along with certified copy of this order. In case such an appeal is preferred the appellate authority shall proceed to decide the appeal on merits and in accordance with relevant rules which appeal would be decided within a period of one month of the appeal being preferred as specified under the provisions of the Scheme itself. Order Date :- 22.1.2025 A. Katiyar Digitally signed by :- AMIT KATIYAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench