WRIT - A No. 14148 of 2025 at Allahabad

AFR HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - A No. - 14148 of 2025 Krishna Kant .....Petitioner(s) Versus State Of U.P. And 2 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Prem Prakash Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., Sunil Kumar Dubey Court No. - 52 HON'BLE MRS. MANJU RANI CHAUHAN, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Standing Counsel for the State, Sri Ashish Kumar Nagvanshi, learned counsel for respondent no.3 and perused the record. 2. The petitioner has preferred instant writ petition challenging an order / recovery certificate dated 19.08.2025 issued by respondent no. 3, whereby recovery of Rs. 71,10,614/- has been ordered against the petitioner. 3. The order under challenge is a consequential order passed pursuant to the termination order dated 04.07.2025, by which appointment of the petitioner was declared void ab initio with effect from the date of his initial appointment i.e. 31.03.1998. The said order has already been assailed by the petitioner by means of Writ-A No. 10029 of 2025 (Krishna Kant v. State of U.P. and 2 Others), which came to be dismissed by this Court vide judgement and order dated 17.10.2025. The petitioner has preferred