WRIT - A No. 2359 of 2025 at Lucknow

High Court of Judicature at Allahabad (Lucknow) ********* A.F.R. Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:17249-DB Court No. - 1 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 2359 of 2025 Petitioner :- Munna Lal Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Mohd. Nasir,Mohd. Yasir,Navneet Yadav Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Attau Rahman Masoodi,J. Hon'ble Ajai Kumar Srivastava-I,J. [Oral By A.R.Masoodi, J.] 1. Heard Sri Mohd. Nasir & Sri Abhishek Khare for the petitioner and Sri Praful Yadav, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel for the State. 2. By means of this writ petition, the petit ioner has assailed the judgment/order dated 12.07.2022, rendered by the U.P. State Public Services Tribunal in Claim Petition No. 355 of 2018, by which the claim petition instituted by the petitioner has been dismissed. The claim petition has primarily been dismissed on the ground of heavy latches. 3. Briefly stated the facts of the case are that disciplinary proceedings were initiated against the petitioner for a major penalty, which ultimately concluded with the passing of the order dated 28.11.2013, whereby the petitioner was dismissed from service. Th