WRIT - A No. 3321 of 2026 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - A No. - 3321 of 2026 Raj Bahadur Gautam .....Petitioner(s) Versus State Of U.P. And 4 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Siddharth Khare, Sr. Advocate Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C. Court No. - 33 HON'BLE VIKAS BUDHWAR, J. 1. Heard Sri Ashok Khare, learned Senior Counsel assisted by Sri Prajwal Verma (A/P 2239/2025) holding brief of Sri Siddharth Khare, learned counsel for the writ petitioner and Sri Piyush Shukla, learned Standing Counsel for the State. 2. This Court entertained the writ petition on 11.03.2026 and sought instructions. 3. Today instructions have been produced under the signature of Director, Internal Audit and Accounts Examination Directorate, Lucknow. Sri Piyush Shukla, learned Standing Counsel submits that he is well equipped with the instructions and he is in a position to argue the matter. With the consent of the parties, the writ petition is being decided at the fresh stage. 4. The case of the writ petitioner is that he was appointed on the post of Junior Account Clerk on 05.12.1987 in Rural Development Department in District Budaun in the year 2001, he was granted promotion on the post of Acc