WRIT - A No. 6881 of 2025 at Allahabad

Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:92836 Court No. - 4 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 6881 of 2025 Petitioner :- Dr. Manoj Kumar Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Siddharth Khare Counsel for Respondent :- Avneesh Tripathi,C.S.C.,M.N. Singh Hon'ble Ajit Kumar,J. 1. Heard Shri Himanshu Singh, learned Advocate holding brief of Shri Siddharth Khare, learned counsel for petitioner, Shri Avneesh Tripathi, learned counsel appearing for Public Service Commission and learned Standing Counsel. 2. Petitioner who is working as Deputy Chief Veterinary Officer, employment under the State Government, has challenged the order dated 29.04.2025 passed by the State Government imposing upon him major penalty of reversion to a lower post with the approval of the Public Service Commission. 3. The main plank of the argument has been that the entire departmental enquiry was held in slip shod manner as no opportunity of hearing was afforded by the enquiry officer and action has come to be taken treating the findings returned by the enquiry officer bringing home the charge as the foundation. This Court considering this legal argument advanced by learned counsel for petitioner that enqu