Allahabad High Court
RAM DHARIversusSTATE OF U.P. AND ANOTHER
- Decided
- Bench
- ANISH KUMAR GUPTA
Holding
The petition was dismissed as infructuous because the petitioner’s exoneration and retirement rendered the relief sought moot.
Summary
The petitioner, Ram Dhari, filed a writ petition challenging an order dated 16 November 2019 that suspended him pending disciplinary proceedings. The standing counsel informed the court that the disciplinary proceedings had concluded, the petitioner was exonerated, and he subsequently retired with all dues paid. The court noted that, given the passage of time and the petitioner’s retirement, the relief sought was no longer applicable. Consequently, the petition was deemed infructuous. The court dismissed the petition on the ground that it had become moot.
Issues considered
- Whether a writ petition challenging a suspension order remains maintainable after the petitioner has been exonerated in disciplinary proceedings and has retired from service
Subjects
- suspension
- disciplinary proceedings
- writ petition
- infructuous
- retirement
- service law
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
WRIT - A No. - 922 of 2020
Ram Dhari
.....Petitioner(s)
Versus
State of U.P. and Another
.....Respondent(s)
Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Chandra Mohan Singh, Hari Om,
Onkar Nath Vishwakarma, Pradeep
Kumar (Senior Adv.), Praveen Kumar,
Syed Wajid Ali
Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C.
Court No. - 34
(SN.18)
HON'BLE ANISH KUMAR GUPTA, J.
1. List revised. There is an illness slip on behalf of Sri Chandra Mohan
Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner.
2. By way of the instant petition, the petitioner has challenged the order
dated 16.11.2019, whereby the petitioner was suspended, pending
disciplinary proceedings against him.
3. Learned Standing Counsel on instructions submits that the disciplinary
proceedings were already concluded and the petitioner was exonerated in
the disciplinary proceedings and thereafter he has retired from services
and all retiral dues were paid to the petitioner.
4. In such view of the matter, due to passage of time and the aforesaid
development as noted hereinabove, the instant petition has become
infructuous.
5. Accordingly, the same is dismissed as infructuous.
(Anish Kumar Gupta,J.)
May 7, 2026
Shubham Arya
Digitally signed by :-
SHUBHAM ARYA
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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