WRIT - A No. 7245 of 2026 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - A No. - 7245 of 2026 Osan Singh .....Petitioner(s) Versus The State Of U.P. And 4 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Arya Gautam, Atipriya Gautam, Jay Vishwanath Pandey, Sr. Advocate Counsel for Respondent(s) : Court No. - 6 HON'BLE PRAKASH PADIA, J. 1. Heard Sri VIjay Gautam, learned Senior counsel assisted by Ms. Atipriya Gautam, learned cousnel for the petitioner and learned Standing Counsel for the State-respondents. 2. The petitioner is aggrieved by the order dated 06.03.2026 whereby he has been awarded minimum pay scale for a period of three year on the basis of the recommendation made by the inquiry officer. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the disciplinary authority has simply acted upon the recommendation of the inquiry officer in giving a show cause notice to the petitioner of the proposed punishment which was recommended by the inquiry officer which could not have been done under the law. He submits that the domain of the inquiry officer is to furnish the inquiry report after evaluating the evidence adduced before it by the department as also by the delinquent employee. Inquiry officer can