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2017 Supreme(All) 141

SUDHIR AGARWAL, RAVINDRA NATH MISHRA II
STATE OF U. P. – Appellant
Versus
ANANT RAM AWASTHI – Respondent


Advocates:
Counsel :
C.S.C. for the Petitioner; C.S.C. and B.R. Singh for the Respondents.

JUDGMENT

By the Court.—Heard learned counsel for parties.

2. This is thoroughly misconceived and ill advised petition.

3. State Public Services Tribunal, Lucknow (hereinafter referred to as “Tribunal”) has directed for payment of a short amount of Rs. 3,000/-, balance towards gratuity and commuted pension alongwith interest at the rate of 18 percent, vide impugned order dated 17.7.2002. Besides other, even consequences of this order are virtually negligible and still State of U.P. and its authorities, thought it expedient to challenge order of Tribunal in this Court and keeping this litigation alive for the last almost more than 18 years.

4. We are surprised, as to how authorities concerned including Legal Remembrancer could advise sanction for filing of this petition which is nothing but a sheer misuse of process of law and for this purpose the authority who sanctioned filing of this petition must be censored. Commenting upon such action of unfounded litigation initiated by State of U.P. against order of Tribunal a Division Bench of this Court in State of U.P. v. Sri Suresh Kumar, 2011(9) ADJ 450 (DB)(LB), castigating such an approach on the part of State Government or its instrume































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