Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:107039 Court No. - 4 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 7959 of 2025 Petitioner :- Sub Inspector Clerk Hemendra Pal Singh Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 2 Others Hon'ble Ajit Kumar,J. 1. Sri M.A. Khan, learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Standing Counsel for the State. 2. By means of this petition filed under Article 226 of Constitution of India, petitioner has questioned the order of punishment passed by the disciplinary authority dated 04.05.2025 as well as the consequential recovery order therein. 3. Learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel submits that the petitioner has alternative efficacious remedy to file departmental appeal under the relevant punishment and appeal Rules. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner could not dispute the above facts. 5. In view of the above, while I decline to interefere in the impugned order, I consider it appropriate for the petitioner to file regular departmental appeal before appellate authority and if he does so within a period of four weeks from today, the same shall be decided within a further period of two months by means of reasoned and speaking order. 6. It is made clear that in the event petitioner prefers an appeal as directed hereinabove, no recovery shall be made from him pursuant to the order impugned for a period of three months or until the decision is taken by the authority, whichever is earlier. 7. With the aforesaid observations and directions, this petition stands disposed of. Order Date :- 8.7.2025 Deepika Digitally signed by :- DEEPIKA SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad