WRIT - A No. 19578 of 2024 at Allahabad

Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:96579 Reserved A.F.R. Court No. - 43 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 19578 of 2024 Petitioner :- Rajesh Kumar Respondent :- State of U.P. and others Counsel for Petitioner :- Archana Singh,Shreeprakash Singh Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Ravindra Singh Hon'ble J.J. Munir,J. 1. This writ petition is directed against an order passed by the Cane Commissioner and Chairman, State Cane Services Authority, U.P., Lucknow, dated 11.03.2022, awarding the petitioner the penalty of withholding two increments with cumulative effect, directing proportionate recovery of the loss sustained by the Sahkari Ganna Vikas Samiti Limited, Shamli, and censuring him, all after holding disciplinary proceedings. The petitioner has further challenged the appellate order dated 24.09.2024 passed by the Commissioner, Cane and Sugar, U.P., Lucknow, dismissing his appeal and affirming the order of the Disciplinary Authority. 2. The petitioner was posted as a Cashier with the Cane Cooperative Development Society, Thana Bhawan, District Shamli w.e.f. 03.10.2018. The petitioner's conditions of service are governed by the Uttar Pradesh Cane Co-operative Service Regulations, 1975 (for short, ‘