Recruitment Scam: Allahabad High Court Refuses To Drop Case Against Accused

The bench passed the order on a writ petition seeking quashing of the FIR registered by an SIT on October 27, 2020, against Hiralal Yadav.

The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court has declined to grant relief to ex-managing director of Uttar Pradesh Cooperative Bank Limited, Hiralal Yadav, who had filed a plea challenging the FIR against him in a case of alleged corruption during appointments to the Cooperative Department. The bench passed the order on a writ petition seeking quashing of the FIR registered by an SIT on October 27, 2020, against Yadav. The FIR alleged cheating and forgery in the recruitment to assistant manager and assistant manager (computer) posts in 2014-15. Additional government advocate Meera Tripathi opposed Yadav's plea arguing that a number of corruption complaints in the recruitment process were received in the office of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. Following the complaints, an inquiry was entrusted to the Special Investigation Team (SIT) which found that the petitioner was responsible for deciding the educational qualification for 10 posts contrary to rules and as such it cannot be said that he was innocent, Tripathi said.