Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:90909 Court No. - 4 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 7584 of 2025 Petitioner :- Smt. Pratibha Pandey Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 4 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Sami Ullah Khan 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 questioned the order dated 21.08.2023 whereby he has been awarded punishment and further recovery. 3. Learned Standing Counsel for the State submits that the petitioner has alternative efficacious remedy of statutory appeal before the appellate authority. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner could not dispute the above submission. 5. In view of the above, while I decline to grant indulgence in the matter of punishment order at this stage, I dispose of this petition with direction that in the event petitioner prefers an appeal within a period of four weeks from the date of production of certified copy of this order, the same shall be decided within a further period of two months following the procedure prescribed for under the relevant Punishment and Appeal Rules. 6. It is made clear that until such disposal no recovery shall be made from the petitioner pursuant to the order impugned. Order Date :- 28.5.2025 Deepika Digitally signed by :- DEEPIKA SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad