Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:115192 HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD Court No. - 5 WRIT - A No. - 12658 of 2023 Anil Kumar Singh ----- Petitioner Vs. State of U.P. and others ----- Respondents ****** Connected with Writ-A Nos. 56147 of 2017; 7322 of 2020; 7546 of 2020; 7605 of 2020; 7808 of 2020; 7911 of 2020; 9545 of 2020; 10397 of 2020; 13462 of 2020; 4132 of 2023; 6639 of 2023; 7208 of 2023; 7435 of 2023; 9292 of 2023; 10631 of 2023; 13184 of 2023; 13186 of 2023; 13299 of 2023; 13381 of 2023; 13522 of 2023; 13886 of 2023; 14304 of 2023; 14326 of 2023; 14586 of 2023; 14942 of 2023; 16042 of 2023; 16149 of 2023; 16632 of 2023; 16740 of 2023; 17607 of 2023; 17718 of 2023; 18027 of 2023; 18062 of 2023; 18179 of 2023; 18325 of 2023; 18367 of 2023; 18382 of 2023; 18394 of 2023; 18443 of 2023; 18444 of 2023; 18576 of 2023; 18597 of 2023; 18600 of 2023; 18615 of 2023; 18721 of 2023; 18769 of 2023; 18847 of 2023; 18945 of 2023; 20064 of 2023; 20697 of 2023; 21343 of 2023; 21677 of 2023; 21705 of 2023; 360 of 2024; 361 of 2024; 1159 of 2024; 1160 of 2024; 1171 of 2024; 1172 of 2024; 1517 of 2024; 1996 of 2024; 3015 of 2024; 3639 of 2024; 7678 of 2024; 12477 of 2024; 13908 of 2024; 13987 of 2024; 20584 of 2024; 3006 of 2025; 3302 of 2025; 3333 of 2025; 4185 of 2025; 16337 of 2023; 17612 of 2023; 18197 of 2023; 19339 of 2023; 9413 of 2024; 9426 of 2024; 18248 of 2023; 17912 of 2024. ****** Appearance for Petitioners: S/Sri Siddharth Khare, Subodh Kumar Rai, Saurav Mishra, Keshav Kumar Srivastava, Mritunjay Mohan Sahai, Vijay Kumar Rai, Advocates Appearance for Respondents: S/Sri M.C. Chaturvedi, Additional Advocate General, Suresh Singh, Standing Counsel, Ms. Tanisha Jahangir Munir, Sanjay Kumar Om, Vimlesh Kumar Rai, Aditya Bhushan Singhal, Harshvardhan Gupta, Kamal Kumar, Vaibhav Tripathi, Advocates ******* 2 Hon'ble Saurabh Shyam Shamshery,J. Order on Impeadment Applications 1. All the impleadment applications in respective writ petitions are allowed and “U.P. Jal Nigam (Rural) through its Managing Director, 6 Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow” as well as “U.P. Jal Nigam (Urban), 6 Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow though its Managing Director” are arrayed as respondents. 2. There is no need to carry out impleadment in each writ petition since this order shall be sufficient to treat “U.P. Jal Nigam (Rural) through its Managing Director, 6 Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow” as well as “U.P. Jal Nigam (Urban), 6 Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow though its Managing Director” as respondents in each writ petition. Order on Writ Petitions 1. Heard learned counsel for parties at length. 2. It is not under much dispute that the issue involve in present bunch of petitions has already been settled by a Division Bench of this Court in Om Prakash and others vs. State of U.P. and others, 2025:AHC-LKO:32546-DB and the relevant part of judgment is reproduced hereinafter: “(64) The impugned order dated 30.01.2025 reveals that the appellants- petitioners were divided into three categories ‘A’, ‘B’ and ‘C’ as follows:- Category - A … Those who have retired from service prior to issuance of the impugned orders dated 18.04.2020 and 20.04.2020. Category - B … Those who have retired from service prior to issuance of the impugned orders dated 18.04.2020 and 20.04.2020. Category - C … Those who are in service. (65) In respect of Category ‘A’ employees/petitioners, it was directed by the Writ Court to continue to draw the pension and other retirement benefits which they were drawing at the time of their retirement with all consequential benefits; meaning thereby the impugned orders shall not come in their way. 3 (66) In respect of employees/petitioners categorized at ‘B’ and ‘C’, it was directed that recovery of the excess amount from them shall not be recovered. To this limited extent, the impugned orders were quashed. (67) For the reasons stated above, we allow both the Special Appeals and set aside the impugned judgment and order dated 31.01.2025, so far as it relates to the category ‘B’ and ‘C’ employees and quash the impugned orders dated 18.08.2020 and 20.08.2020, passed by the competent authority. Accordingly, all the writ petitions filed by the appellants- petitioners are allowed. (68) There shall be no order as to costs.” 3. In aforesaid circumstances, all these writ petitions are also disposed of in the light of above referred directions and concerned respondents are directed to apply aforesaid judgment taking note of factual aspect of each petitioners. Order Date :- 16.07.2025 AK (Saurabh Shyam Shamshery, J.) Digitally signed by :- AWADESH KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad