WRIT - A No. 6546 of 2025 at Allahabad

Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:79528 Court No. - 4 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 6546 of 2025 Petitioner :- Pradeep Kumar Gautam Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Atipriya Gautam,Saundraya Giri,Vinod Kumar Mishra Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Ajit Kumar,J. 1. Heard Sri Vijay Gautam, learned Senior Advocate assisted by Ms. Atipriya Gautam, learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Standing Counsel. 2. By means of this petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution, petitioner has assailed the order dated 05.04.2025, whereby, the petitioner who has been working as confirmed Sub- Inspector in U.P. Police, has come to be dismissed from service on the ground of serious misconduct but that too without holding any disciplinary inquiry as contemplated under relevant service rules namely U.P. Police Officers of Subordinate Rank (Discipline and Appeal) Rules, 1991 taking recourse to clause - B of sub Rule (2) of Rule 8 which empowers the authority not to hold inquiry in certain cases of dismissal from service where it has come to conclude that it was not reasonably practicable to hold such an inquiry. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner subm