WRIT - A No. 12355 of 2025 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - A No. - 12355 of 2025 Santosh Kumar .....Petitioner(s) Versus State Of U.P. And 3 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Atipriya Gautam, Mohammad Fahad, Sr. Advocate, Vinod Kumar Mishra Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C. Court No. - 4 HON'BLE AJIT KUMAR, J. 1. Heard Shri Vinod Kumar Misha, learned Counsel for the petitioner and learned Standing Counsel. 2. By means of this petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, petitioner has assailed the order of dismissal from service passed by disciplinary authority chiefly on the ground that inquiry officer was not competent authority to make recommendation of punishment which has been ultimately imposed by way of disciplinary action against the petitioner. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that this controversy is no more res integra in light of the judgment of this Court in the case of Balbir Singh Vs. State of U.P. And 3 Others being Writ-A No.14933 of 2019, wherein, the Court has considered Rule 14(1) of the U.P. Police Officers of the Subordinate Ranks (Punishment and Appeal) Rules, 1991 as well as the Appendix - I thereof which does not permit