WRIT - A No. 9576 of 2025 at Lucknow

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW WRIT - A No. - 9576 of 2025 Dev Dutt Pachauri .....Petitioner(s) Versus State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Public Works Deptt. Vidhan Bhawan Lko. And 5 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Shireesh Kumar, Utkarsh Kumar Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C. Court No. - 8 HON'BLE MANISH MATHUR, J. A.F.R. 1. Heard Mr. Shireesh Kumar, learned counsel for petitioner and learned State counsel for opposite parties no.1 to 6. 1A. Supplementary affidavit filed today is taken on record. 2. Liberty is granted to petitioner to implead the complainant as opposite party no.7 during the course of day. 3. Issue notice to newly impleaded opposite party no.7. 4. Petition has been filed challenging recommendations dated 01.08.2025 submitted in terms of Section 13 of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and WRIA No. 9576 of 2025 2 Redressal) Act 2013. 5. At the very outset, Mr. Sandeep Sharma, learned State Counsel has raised a preliminary objection regarding maintainability of this petition in view of the fact that recommendations submitted in terms of Section 13 of the Act of 2013 are appealable and therefore, p