Allahabad HC Judge Seeks Rly Officials’ Explanation Over ‘Displeasure’ & ‘Inconvenience’ Caused To Him During Train Journey

The letter addressed to General Manager, North Central Railway, Prayagraj by Registrar (Protocol) Allahabad High Court, states that while travelling to Prayagraj (from New Delhi) Justice Chowdhary, along with his spouse, faced inconvenience.

Justice Gautam Chowdhary of #AllahabadHighCourt has called for an explanation from the erring officials, GRP personnel and pantry Car manager for the inconvenience caused to him during his train journey on July 8 (New Delhi- Prayagraj). pic.twitter.com/XKzXC6sdHB

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The letter further states that the train was late by more than three hours and despite repeated intimation to the T.T.E, no G.R.P personnel were found in the coach to “meet the requirements as desired by His Lordship”.

“Further, no Pantry Car workers attended His Lordship for providing refreshments despite repeated calls. Moreover, when the call was made to the Pantry Car Manager Mr. Raj Tripathi, the call was not picked up,” the letter notes.

Underscoring that the aforesaid incident caused great inconvenience and displeasure to His Lordship, the letter adds thus:

“Hon'ble Judge has desired that explanation may be called from the erring officials of the Railways, the G.R.P Personnel and the Pantry Car Manager pertaining to the inconvenience caused to His Lordship due to their conduct and dereliction of duty”.

Consequently, the letter requests the General Manager, North Central Railway to submit the explanation of the concerned officials to the High Court, so that the same may be placed before Justice Chowdhary.