WRIT - A No. 17991 of 2025 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - A No. - 17991 of 2025 Sanjay .....Petitioner(s) Versus State Of U.P. And 5 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Manish Kumar Kashyap, Virendra Pal Singh Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C. Court No. - 34 HON'BLE VIKAS BUDHWAR, J. 1. Heard Shri Awaneesh Kumar (A/A0441/2020), learned Advocate holding brief of Shri Manish Kumar Kashyap, learned counsel for the writ petitioner as well as Shri Manish Kumar, learned Standing Counsel for the State. 2. The case of the writ petitioner is that an appeal lies before the appellate authority, the writ petitioner is challenging the order dated 02.03.2023 passed by the District Panchayat Raj Officer, Moradabad, which imposed the punishment of withholding increment and non-payment of salary of the writ petitioner. 3. Learned counsel for the writ petitioner has sought to argue that the writ petitioner will file an appeal for which direction from this Court to condone the delay be issued. 4. Learned Standing Counsel submits that it is always open for the writ petitioner to seek condonation of delay while filing appeal. 5. Considering the submissions made across the Bar, and without further