HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - A No. - 6833 of 2026 Court No. - 33 HON'BLE DINESH PATHAK, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner; Smt. Usha Kiran, learned counsel for the respondent nos. 3 and 4; Sri Abhishek Srivastava, learned counsel for the respondent no. 2, and learned Standing Counsel for the State-respondent no. 1. 2. Instant petition has been filed challenging the order dated 11.12.2025 passed by Managing Director, Kanpur Electricity Supply Company Limited (respondent no. 3), whereby a minor punishment has been imposed upon the petitioners withholding of five annual increment with cumulative effect. 3. Learned counsel for the respondent has raised a preliminary objection with regard to the maintainability of the instant writ petition on the ground of availability of a statutory remedy to file an appeal before the higher authority, as provided under the U.P. Power Corporation Limited Employees (Discipline and Appeal) Regulations, 2020. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has not refuted the submission advanced by learned counsel for the respondent with respect to the availability of an alternative remedy. 5. In the conspectus of the above, the writ instant petition is dismissed as not maintainable on the ground of availability of Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Kushmondeya Shahi, Saurabh Chaturvedi Counsel for Respondent(s) : Abhishek Srivastava, C.S.C., Usha Kiran Amit Kumar .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. And 3 Others .....Respondent(s) an alternative remedy of filing an appeal before the higher authority. May 6, 2026 Sushma WRIA No. 6833 of 2026 2 (Dinesh Pathak,J.) Digitally signed by :- SUSHAMA YADAV High Court of Judicature at Allahabad