WRIT - A No. 15611 of 2018 at Allahabad

Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:135631 Court No. - 4 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 15611 of 2018 Petitioner :- Vijay Shankar Upadhyay Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Rishi Kant Rai,Sudhir Kumar Upadhyay Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Ajit Kumar,J. 1. Heard Shri Rakesh Pandey, learned Senior Advocate assisted by Shri Sudhir Kumar Upadhyay, learned counsel for petitioner and learned Standing Counsel. 2. By means of this petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution petitioner has challenged the order dated 28.04.2018 passed by the disciplinary authority reverting the petitioner to the minimum pay scale for three years and further denying payment of salary for the period running from 29.12.1999 to 03.05.2018. 3. Shri Pandey, learned Senior Advocate submits that petitioner is confining this writ petition for a relief in the nature of certiorari to quash the impugned order to the extent it denies payment of salary for the period petitioner was not permitted to discharge his duties by way of disciplinary action taken against him, on the principle of 'no work no pay'. 4. It is submitted by Shri Pandey that initially petitioner’s service came to