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5. Sri Shireesh Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioner has made submission that the arguments were heard on the application for interim relief and not on the point of maintainability of the reference application. He has further submitted that the reference petition was already admitted by the order dated 04.03.2020 and the objection against the interim relief submitted by the opposite party could not have been considered for deciding the reference application on the ground of maintainability.

8. Heard Sri Shireesh Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Standing Counsel for the State-respondent and perused the judgment of the U.P. State Public Services Tribunal, Lucknow.

9. After looking into the record, it is found that the punishment order of censure entry was awarded on 03.04.2018. The petitioner filed memorial before his Excellency the Governor on 04.07.2018 and thereafter, he sent reminder on 28.01.2020. Sub-section (5), (6) and (7) of Section 4 of the U.P. Public Service (Tribunal) Act, 1976 (hereinafter referred to as the "Act, 1976") is quoted below:-