Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:37557 Court No. - 4 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 6857 of 2022 Petitioner :- Hari Prasad Mishra Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Amarnath Tiwari,Indra Deo Mishra,Ramendra Nath Tiwari,Shambhavi Tiwari Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Ajit Kumar,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the parties. 2. By means of this petition filed under Article 226 of Constitution of India, the petitioner has challenged the order of punishment dated 21.03.2016 and further the order dated 26.12.2019. 3. Upon a pointed query made, learned counsel for the petitioner states that the petitioner has already preferred a statutory appeal before respondent no.1 which is still pending consideration. Appeal dated 28.05.2016 has been brought on record as Annexure-7 to the petition. It is further submitted that the petitioner has also not been paid subsistence allowance and he has already attained the age of 70 years. 4. In the given facts and circumstances it is provided that the pending departmental appeal shall be disposed of positively within a period of two months of production of certified copy of this order. The appellate authority while taking decision in the matter shall also consider the claim of the petitioner for subsistence allowance which has remained unpaid to the petitoiner. 5. With the aforesaid observations and directions, this petition stands disposed of. Order Date :- 17.3.2025 Deepika Digitally signed by :- DEEPIKA SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad