WRIT - A No. 9704 of 2025 at Lucknow

(A.F.R.) HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW WRIT - A No. - 9704 of 2025 Vikas Charan (S.I. , Pno - 982512397) .....Petitioner(s) Versus State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. And 4 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Ramesh Singh, Anil Singh Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., Shikhar Anand Court No. - 1 HON'BLE RAJAN ROY, J. HON'BLE MANJIVE SHUKLA, J. 1 . By means of this petition, the petitioner-Sub Inspector of Police has challenged an order dated 23.5.2025 passed in Claim Petition No. 1767 of 2024 on the ground that the claim petition was barred by limitation. 2. Before proceeding further, we may point out that limitation for filing a reference/claim petition before the U.P. Public Services Tribunal is governed by the law of limitation as applicable to suits, meaning-thereby there is no provision for condonation of delay in filing a reference or claim petition. Limitation prescribed is one year as per Section 4 of U.P. Public Services Tribunal Act, 1976 (hereinafter referred to as ' the Act of 1976'). In this very context, there are judicial pronouncements of this Court recent one being reported in 2024 (8) ADJ 788 (State of U.P. Vs. Birendra Bah