WRIT - A No. 5583 of 2024 at Lucknow

1 A.F.R. Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:42673 Court No. - 18 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 5583 of 2024 Petitioner :- Ram Prakash Mishra Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Transport Lko And Another Counsel for Petitioner :- Hari Prasad Gupta,Hari Ram Gup Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Manish Mathur,J. 1. Heard Mr. Hari Prasad Gupta, learned counsel for petitioner and Ms Parul Bajpai, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel for the opposite parties. 2. Petition has been filed challenging order dated 18.05.2022 along with the endorsement letter dated 02.08.2023 whereby petitioner has been visited with major penalty of withholding of two increments with cumulative effect. Further prayer for a direction to concerned authorities to extend all the incidental and consequential service benefits withheld due to impugned punishment order has also been sought. 3. It has been submitted that an accident occurred on 19.07.2020 between a private vehicle and a private bus bearing registration no.UP17-AT4782. In pursuance of such an accident, petitioner was issued a charge sheet dated 21.06.2021 containing five charges with the primary charge that the aforesaid private bus had