Sayed Jafar Husain Zaidi v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Election , Lko. and Another

Court No. - 20 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 8000 of 2023 Petitioner :- Sayed Jafar Husain Zaidi Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Election , Lko. And Another Counsel for Petitioner :- Phool Bux Singh Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Manish Mathur,J.

¶1Heard learned counsel for petitioner and learned State Counsel for opposite parties.

¶2Petition has been filed seeking a direction to opposite parties to regularize petitioner on a Class-IV post and to pay him salary along with all benefits as are being paid to similarly situated Class-IV daily wage employees.

¶3It has been submitted that petitioner was initially engaged in service on 30.12.1997 on the post of Peon and has been working in the department ever since continuously but benefits of regularization have not been accorded to him although similarly situated persons have already been regularized in service.

¶4For the said grievance, petitioner has already submitted a representation but seeks liberty to file a fresh representation before the authority concerned. At present, learned counsel for petitioner restricts prayer with regard to final decision on the same.

¶5Considering the innocuous prayer, without entering into merits, liberty is granted to petitioner to file a fresh representation before opposite party no.2 i.e. District Magistrate, Barabanki/District Election Officer, Barabanki who shall consider and decide the same within a period of eight weeks from the date a certified copy of this order is produced before the said authority along with fresh representation.

¶6With aforesaid observations and directions, the petition is finally disposed of. Order Date :- 13.10.2023 kvg/- High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench