WRIT - A No. 49169 of 2010 at Allahabad

AFR Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:78562 Reserved on : 08.05.2025 Delivered on : 14.05.2025 Court No. - 6 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 49169 of 2010 Petitioner :- Smt. Krishna Kant Gupta Respondent :- State Of U.P. & Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Ashok K. Jaiswal, Ashok Khare, Shesh Kumar Srivastava Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,S.K. Verma Hon'ble Saurabh Shyam Shamshery,J. 1. Heard Sri Shesh Kumar Srivastava, learned counsel for petitioner and Sri Lal Mani, learned Standing Counsel for State. 2. The petitioner, an Assistant Teacher, was served with a charge-sheet that from 01.07.2004 to 18.05.2009 i.e. in a period of 5 years, she remained absent for 1220 days without any information or application for leave. An inquiry was conducted and since petitioner was not able to produce any document which could explain his absence, a major penalty of dismissal was passed by an order dated 02.06.2010 by District Basic Education Officer, Jalaun, impugned in present case. 3. Learned counsel for petitioner has vehemently submitted that procedure prescribed to award major punishment in terms of Rule 7(3) of Uttar Pradesh Government Servant (Discipline and Appeal) Rule, 1999, was not followed. L