RAJESH SINGH CHAUHAN
Rameshwar Kumar Mishra – Appellant
Versus
State Of U. P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Deptt. Of Irrigation And Water Resources Lko. – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Hon'ble Rajesh Singh Chauhan, J.
1. Heard Sri Gaurav Mehrotra, learned counsel assisted by Ms. Rani Singh and Ms. Maria Fatima, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Sandeep Sharma, learned Standing Counsel for the State.
2. By means of this writ petition, the petitioner has prayed for the following reliefs:-
(II) to issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding the Respondents to reinstate the petitioner on the post on which he was working prior to the passing of the impugned punishment order dated 15.05.2024, with all consequential benefits including the arears of difference in salary from the date of passing of impugned punishment order till date of actual reinstatement on the post of Superintending Engineer.
(III) to issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding Respondents to consider promotion of petitioner from the post of Superintending Engineer to Chief Engineer (Level-II) with effect from the date wh
re: Vijay Singh vs. State of U.P. & others reported in (2012) 5 SCC 242
re: Punjab Nation Bank and others vs. Kunj Behari Mishra reported in (1998) 7 SCC 84
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