SPECIAL APPEAL No. 496 of 2023 at Lucknow

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW SPECIAL APPEAL No. - 496 of 2023 Amar Nath Dwivedi .....Appellant(s) Versus U.O.I. thru Secy. E.P.F.O. New Delhi and others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Appellant(s) : In Person Counsel for Respondent(s) : A.S.G, Akhilesh Pratap Singh, C.S.C., Illegible, Om Prakash Srivastava, Shobhit Mohan Shukla ALONGWITH SPECIAL APPEAL DEFECTIVE No. - 215 of 2025 Amar Nath Dwivedi .....Appellant(s) Versus Union of India, through Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Employment, E.P.F.O., New Delhi and others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Appellant(s) : In Person Counsel for Respondent(s) : A.S.G.I., Akhilesh Pratap Singh, Anupriya Srivastava, C.S.C., Kaushlendra Yadav, Om Prakash Srivastava, Shobhit Mohan Shukla Judgment Reserved : 19.08.2025 Judgment Delivered: 14.11.2025 Chief Justice's Court HON'BLE ARUN BHANSALI, CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE JASPREET SINGH, J. (Per : Justice Jaspreet Singh) 1. This is batch of two intra court appeals, assailing the common judgment and order dated 03.10.2023 passed by the learned Single Judge in Writ-A No.8096 of 2022 (Amar Nath Dwivedi Vs. Union of India and others) and Writ-A No.7557 of 2022 (Amar Nath Dwivedi Vs. Union