Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:48008 Court No. - 4 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 4023 of 2025 Petitioner :- Sona Lal Sonkar Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Sanjay Singh Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Ajit Kumar,J. Heard Sri Sanjay Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Standing Counsel. By means of present petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution, petitioner is aggrieved by the order dated 8.8.2024, whereby he has been directed to pay penal rent for retaining government accommodation despite the fact that he stood transferred from the Central Jail Naini to District Jail Kanpur. Learned Standing Counsel submits that since petitioner since was transferred so he was to surrender official accommodation, and therefore, respondents have rightly passed the order for charges of penal rent as per rules. At this stage learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner should be accorded sympathetic consideration in the matter as he would be vacating official accommodation in any case by 1st July, 2025 for his daughter is studying in B.A. III year and her examination would be over by the said date. In the given facts and circumstances, since petitioner has not been given any official accommodation in district Kanpur Nagar, it is hereby provided that as per undertaking given by the petitioner if he vacates the premises in question on or before 1st July, 2025, no penal rent would be charged from him, however, he would be liable to pay regular rent for accommodation for the period he is directed to retain accommodation after transfer from Central Jail Naini, Prayagraj to district Jail Kanpur and in the event he fails to give undertaking within two weeks from today and further fails to vacate the premises by 1st July, 2025, he would be liable to pay penal rent right from the date he was transferred from Prayagaj to Kanpur till the date he vacates premises in question and he will also be able to be proceeded with disciplinary proceeding. It is made clear that no further petition would be entertained in the matter. With these aforesaid observations and directions, this petition stands disposed of. Order Date :- 4.4.2025 Sanjeev Digitally signed by :- SANJEEV RANJAN High Court of Judicature at Allahabad