Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:67892 Court No. - 6 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 42534 of 2016 Petitioner :- Naresh Kumar Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 3 Ors. Counsel for Petitioner :- Rakesh Kumar Gupta Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Virendra Chaubey Hon'ble Saurabh Shyam Shamshery,J. 1. Heard Sri Vimal Kant, Advocate holding brief of Sri Rakesh Kumar Gupta, learned counsel for petitioner and Sri Ashish Kumar Nagwanshi, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel for State- Respondents. 2. This writ petition is pending since 2016. Petitioner has suffered an impugned punishment order whereby amount of Rs. 37.461/- was directed to return and an annual increment was stopped. 3. Learned counsel for petitioner by referring various documents filed alongwith this writ petition, submits that petitioner has submitted possible reply that amount was duly paid and it is not a case of any embezzlement, however nothing has been mentioned in impugned order. 4. Learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel appearing for State- Respondents has supported the impugned order that petitioner has repeatedly embezzled the money and earlier he has returned the same but this time he has returned only part of it. 5. In aforesaid circumstances, considering that explanation submitted by petitioner was not even noted or considered in impugned order, therefore, while setting aside the impugned order dated 26.02.2014, matter is remitted to concerned respondent to pass a fresh order after taking note of explanation of petitioner. 6. With aforesaid observation, this writ petition is disposed of. Order Date :- 30.4.2025 AK Digitally signed by :- AWADESH KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad