# WRIT - A No. 4360 of 2025 at Allahabad

Court: Allahabad High Court
Date: 2025-04-08
Citation: WRIT - A No. 4360 of 2025 at Allahabad
Petitioner: WRIT - A No. 4360 of 2025 at Allahabad
Respondent: Unknown

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## Judgment text (excerpt)

Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:50788 Court No. - 4 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 4360 of 2025 Petitioner :- Indrajeet Gautam Respondent :- The State Of U.P. And 4 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Atipriya Gautam,Ram Bux Gautam,Sr. Advocate,Vinod Kumar Mishra Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Ajit Kumar,J. 1. Heard Sri VIjay Gautam, learned Senior counsel assisted by Shri. Atipriya Gautam, learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Standing Counsel for the State-respondents. 2. The petitioner is aggrieved by the order dated 18.06.2024 whereby he has been awarded minimum pay scale for a period of two years on the basis of the recommendation made by the inquiry officer. Petitioner preferred appeal against the order dated 18.06.2024 who too got rejected on 21.10.2024. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the disciplinary authority has simply acted upon the recommendation of the inquiry officer in giving a show cause notice to the petitioner of the proposed punishment which was recommended by the inquiry officer which could not have been done under the law. He submits that the domain of the inquiry officer is to furnish the inquiry report after evaluating the evidence

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