Ankit Srivastava v. Union of India Thru. Secy. Ministry of Finance New Delhi and 3 Others

Court No. - 17 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 8923 of 2023 Petitioner :- Ankit Srivastava Respondent :- Union Of India Thru. Secy. Ministry Of Finance New Delhi And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Om Prakash Misra,Kunwer Dhananjay Singh Counsel for Respondent :- A.S.G.I.,Anurag Srivastava Hon'ble Alok Mathur,J.

¶1Heard Sri Om Prakash Misra, learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri Ashwani Kumar Singh for Union of India and Sri Anurag Srivastava for respondent No.s 2 to 4.

¶2It has been submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that that the petitioner was working on the post of Probationary Officer Scale Level-I Bank Officer with Indian Bank. There were certain allegations against the petitioner on account of which disciplinary proceedings were initiated against him and he was removed from service by means of order dated 25th November, 2022.

¶3Petitioner submits that he has filed an appeal before the appellate authority against the order of removal on 7th January, 2023 but till date the said appeal has not been decided. It is in aforesaid circumstances that prayer has been made that grievance of the petitioner shall be substantially redressed in case opposite party No.3 the appellate authority i.e. Indian Bank Corporate Office, Chennai is directed to consider and decide the appeal of the petitioner expeditiously.

¶4Learned Standing counsel does not object to the prayer made by the petitioner.

¶5In light of the above without commenting anything on the merits of the case, the present petition is disposed of with a direction to the appellate authority i.e. Indian Bank Corporate Office, Chennai to decide the appeal of the petitioner expeditiously, say within a period of two months from the date a certified copy of this order is placed before him in accordance with law. (Alok Mathur, J.) Order Date :- 9.11.2023 RKM. High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench