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2025 DAILYLAW 192945 (ALL)

GOPAL CHANDRA RAI v. THE STATE OF U.P. AND 3 OTHERS

WRIA/15350/2025 · 2025-10-13

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - A No. - 15350 of 2025 Court No. - 34 HON'BLE VIKAS BUDHWAR, J. 1. Heard Shri Vijay Gautam, learned Senior Advocate, assisted by Miss Arya Gautam, learned counsel for the petitioner. 2. As per the instructions received from his client, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the writ petition has been preferred seeking quashing of the order dated 09.09.2025 passed by the Additional Commissioner of Police, Prayagraj, with a further prayer to direct the authorities to sanction leave for a period of 522 days. However, in view of the pendency of an appeal against the punishment order which has been challenged before the appellate authority, and in light of the availability of an alternative remedy under Regulation 514 of the U.P. Police Regulations, the petitioner shall prefer a representation before the competent authority. A prayer is also made for issuance of a direction to decide the said representation. 4. Shri Pramod Kumar Srivastava, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel, has no objection to this course of action. 5. Considering the submissions made across the bar, the writ petition stands disposed of with a direction to the competent authority, i.e., Respondent No. 2 – Commissioner of Police, Prayagraj, Police Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Atipriya Gautam, Jay Vishwanath Pandey, Sr. Advocate Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C. Gopal Chandra Rai .....Petitioner(s) The State Of U.P. And 3 Others .....Respondent(s) Commissionerate Headquarters, Prayagraj to decide the representation, if maintainable, in accordance with law, within a period of three months from the date of production of a certified copy of this order. October 14, 2025 S.A. WRIA No. 15350 of 2025 2 (Vikas Budhwar,J.) Digitally signed by :- SALMAN AHMAD High Court of Judicature at Allahabad