WRIT - A No. 17707 of 2023 at Allahabad

Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:17897 Court No.-49 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD *** WRIT - A NO. 17707 OF 2023 Amar Pal Singh ….Petitioner Versus State of U.P. and others ….Respondents Appearance :- For Petitioner : Mr. Ramesh Upadhyay, Senior Advocate along with Mr. Rajan Upadhyay, Advocate For Respondents : Ms. Monika Arya, Additional C.S.C. along with Mr. Roopesh Tiwari, Standing Counsel HON'BLE J.J. MUNIR, J. The petitioner is a member of the Provincial Civil Service 1 of the State. He is aggrieved by initiation of disciplinary proceedings against him and prays that the charge-sheet dated 18.08.2023 issued to him by the State Government, initiating proceedings under Rule 7 of the Uttar Pradesh Government Servants (Discipline and Appeal) Rules, 19992 be quashed. There is another prayer, which says that a mandamus be issued to the respondents, ordering them to conclude the disciplinary proceedings initiated against the petitioner expeditiously. Though the second prayer is not expressed to be one made in the alternative, but, the 1 ‘PCS’ for short 2 ‘Rules of 1999’ for short Page -2- of 25 two are so diametrically opposed to each other that they have to be regarded