WRIT - A No. 6444 of 2022 at Lucknow

1 Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:23735-DB Court No. - 1 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 6444 of 2022 Petitioner :- Union Of India Thru. The Secy. Goi And 2 Others Respondent :- Kamlesh Kumar And Another Counsel for Petitioner :- Dipak Seth,Anuj Singh Counsel for Respondent :- Praveen Kumar,Praveen Kumar,Saroj Kumar Verma Hon'ble Attau Rahman Masoodi,J. Hon'ble Ajai Kumar Srivastava-I,J. (1) Heard Sri Anuj Singh, learned counsel for the Union of India/petitioners and Sri Sudhanshu Srivastava, Advocate holding brief of Sri Praveen Kumar, learned counsel for the contesting respondent. (2) This writ petition is directed against the judgment and order dated 25.10.2018 passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal in O.A. No. 224 of 2010. The operative part of the impugned judgment reads as under:- "16. In view of the above discussion, this O.A. is partly allowed. The matter is remitted back to the disciplinary authority to consider imposition of a lighter punishment, other than dismissal or removal, considering the fact that the applicant had rendered service of 30 years, at the time of his dismissal and then pass appropriate orders. Needful be done within a period of three months from the