Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:81278 Court No. - 6 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 63732 of 2015 Petitioner :- Durga Prasad Bajpai Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 4 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- S.K. Awasthi,Shivakant Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Vikram Bahadur Singh Hon'ble Saurabh Shyam Shamshery,J. 1. Heard Sri Shivakant, learned counsel for petitioner and Sri Shivendra Singh Bhadauria, learned counsel for respondents. 2. Petitioner has approached this Court in the year 2015 when he was aged about 62 years to challenge the order dated 11.12.2013 as well as order dated 26.03.2015 whereby in departmental inquiry, a punishment of stoppage of one increment was imposed. 3. Learned counsel for petitioner refers averments made in this writ petition that procedure prescribed was not followed and there was no basis to award such punishment. 4. Learned counsel for respondents submits that after such a long time, when petitioner has already been retired and no benefit could be granted even if impugned orders are set aside. 5. I have considered above submissions. 6. Since this writ petition has effectively lost its efficacy, therefore, even petitioner has a good case, no relief could be granted to petitioner. 7. In view of above, writ petition lacks merit, hence, dismissed. Order Date :- 16.5.2025 Sinha_N. Digitally signed by :- NIRMAL SINHA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad