WRIT - A No. 2211 of 2025 at Lucknow

A.F.R. Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:11471 Court No. - 6 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 2211 of 2025 Petitioner :- Dineshwar Mishra Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Chief Secy. Govt. Lko. And 4 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Surya Mani Singh,Arun Pratap Verma Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Abhinav Trivedi Hon'ble Alok Mathur,J. 1. Heard Sri Surya Mani, learned counsel for the petitioner as well as Standing counsel for the respondent. 2. With the consent of the parties, the petition is being decided at the admission itself. 3. The petitioner has approached this court being aggrieved by the order dated 23.9.2024 passed by Principal Secretary, Sugar Cane Department thereby inflicting punishment of stoppage of two increments permanent, and also giving a censure entry to the petitioner. 4, Learned counsel for the petitioner has vehemently urged that the procedure adopted by the respondents while inflicting punishment on the petitioner is in gross violation of Uttar Pradesh Government Servants (Discipline and Appeal) Rules, 1999 (hereinafter referred to as the Rules of 1999) specifically rule 9 where after submission of the inquiry report the inquiry officer had exonerated the petitio