HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW WRIT - C No. - 11895 of 2025 Court No. - 3 HON'BLE SHEKHAR B. SARAF, J. HON'BLE MANJIVE SHUKLA, J. 1. Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the parties and perused the record. 2. This is a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, wherein the petitioner is aggrieved by an order/notification dated 20th November, 2025, whereby the writ petitioner's contract with Gati Shakti, Northern Railways has been terminated. 3. It is to be noted that the writ petitioner had approached this Court earlier and by an order dated November 10, 2025, this Court had directed the authorities to allow the petitioner to file a reply and thereafter pass an order in accordance with law. 4. Upon perusal of the impugned order dated 20th November, 2025, it appears that the petitioner was allowed to furnish a reply and the reply has been taken into consideration while passing the termination order. The impugned order has dealt with five points that has been raised by the petitioner and seriatim dealt with the same. 5. Upon perusal of the said order, we are of the view that no further intervention is required by this Court. 6. However, the petitioner shall be at liberty to approach the trial court for Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Sarvesh Kumar Dubey, Ashutosh Kumar Shukla, Pankaj Srivastava Counsel for Respondent(s) : A.S.G.I., Vinay Shankar M/Stipl Trifforts (Jv) T 704 Thru. Authorized Representative Mr. Vivek Chopra .....Petitioner(s) Union Of India Thru. Deputy Chief Engineer New Delhi And 2 Others .....Respondent(s) seeking damages/injunction in accordance with law. 7. We further make it clear that this order of termination shall not act as a debarment to the petitioner for executing the other works of other State Governments/Central Government as there is no debarment order in the said impugned order. 8. In light of the directions passed in this order, we feel that it would be fair to grant sometime to the petitioner to file the suit before the trial court and to ensure that the suit does not become infructuous, we direct respondent No.2 not to invoke the bank guarantee for the next two weeks. 9. We make it clear that if there is no stay granted by the trial court, respondent No.2 shall be at liberty to proceed in accordance with law. 10. With the above directions, the writ petition is disposed of. December 9, 2025 Ashutosh WRIC No. 11895 of 2025 2 (Manjive Shukla,J.) (Shekhar B. Saraf,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHUTOSH PANDEY High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench