Sanjeev Kumar Agarwal v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. (Transport) U.P. Lko. and 4 Others

Court No. - 7 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 8741 of 2023 Petitioner :- Sanjeev Kumar Agarwal Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. (Transport) U.P. Lko. And 4 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Satya Prakash Mishra,Brijesh Kumar,Nidhi Singh Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Ratnesh Chandra Hon'ble Abdul Moin,J. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Standing Counsel for the respondent no.1 and Shri Vaibhav Krishna, Advocate holding brief of Shri Ratnesh Chandra, learned counsel for the respondents no. 2 to 5. With the consent of learned counsel appearing for the contesting parties, the writ petition is being finally decided. The instant writ petition has been filed by the petitioner claiming that despite the petitioner have retired from service on 30.09.2021 his retiral dues have still not been paid. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that although when the petitioner was in service chargesheet was issued to him yet on account of his retirement the respondents cannot proceed with the inquiry and thus there is no impediment in payment of retiral dues including arrears of salary for the period of suspension. After arguing the matter at some length, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that with regard to the reliefs sought in the writ petition, the petitioner may be permitted to submit a fresh representation before the respondent no.3 i.e. Managing Director, U.P. State Road Transport Corporation, Lucknow which may be directed to be decided within a time frame fixed by this Court to which learned Counsel for the respondents has no objection. In view of the above, it is provided that in case the petitioner submits a representation within two weeks from today before respondent no.3 then respondent no.3 shall endevour to decide the same by means of a reasoned and speaking order in accordance with law and the relevant rules within a further period of four weeks from the date of submission of the representation along with certified copy of this order. With the aforesaid direction, writ petition is disposed of. It is made clear that this Court has not gone into the merits of the claim set forth by the petitioner. Order Date :- 8.11.2023 J.K. Dinkar High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench