WRIT - A No. 2319 of 2026 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - A No. - 2319 of 2026 Suresh Kumar Bharti .....Petitioner(s) Versus State Of Uttar Pradesh And 3 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Shivam Yadav Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., Ravi Prakash Pandey, Vineet Pandey Court No. - 32 HON'BLE SAURABH SHYAM SHAMSHERY, J. 1. Heard Sri Shivam Yadav, learned counsel for petitioner, Sri P.K. Asthana, learned Standing Counsel and S/Sri R.P. Pandey and Mohnish Chandra, Advocate holding brief of Sri Vineet Pandey, learned advocates for respondents. 2. This Court has passed following order on 18.03.2026, however, till date no counter affidavit is filed, therefore, opportunity to file the same is closed :- "It is submitted by Sri Shivam Yadav, learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner was Law Officer in Varanasi Development Authority and on frivolous grounds the petitioner has been punished with major penalty of stoppage of two increment with cumulative effect. One of the ground for punishment is that the petitioner has not done proper pairvi at the time of filing of counter affidavit and if the same was informed to the Vice Chairman of the VDA, then the stay order could