Santosh Kumar Verma v. State of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Horticulture and 2 Others

Court No. - 20 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 8227 of 2023 Petitioner :- Santosh Kumar Verma Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Horticulture And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Mohd. Ateeq Khan Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Manish Mathur,J.

¶1Heard learned counsel for petitioner and learned State Counsel appearing on behalf of opposite parties.

¶2Petition has been filed seeking a direction to opposite parties for grant of minimum of pay-scale as per revised recommendation of the 7th Pay Commission.

¶3It has been submitted that petitioner is working as Daily Wager since 2014 and by means of order dated 14.10.2019, he was granted minimum of the pay-scale of a Class IV posts in terms of the 6th Pay Commission but despite revision of the minimum of the pay-scale in terms of 7th Pay Commission recommendations, the revised scale has not been implemented.

¶4Learned counsel has place reliance on judgment rendered by Coordinate Bench of this Court in Writ A No.1287 of 2023 (Pradeep Kumar Shukla versus State of U.P. & Ors.) and seeks benefits of same.

¶5For the aforesaid grievance, petitioner is granted liberty to make fresh representation before opposite party no.2. At present learned counsel for petitioner restricts his prayer for a final decision with regard to same.

¶6Considering innocuous prayer being made by learned counsel for petitioner and without entering into the merits of the case petitioner is granted liberty to file fresh representation before opposite party No.2 i.e. Director, Horticulture & Food Processing, 2-Sapru Marg, Lucknow. In case such a representation is filed, the same shall be considered and decided in the light of judgment rendered in the case of Pradeep Kumar Shukla (supra) within a period of eight weeks from the date a certified copy of this order is produced before the said authority. Petitioner shall annex copy of order passed in the aforesaid case alongwith certified copy of this order.

¶7With the aforesaid observation, petition stands disposed of. Order Date :- 19.10.2023 Subodh/- High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench