Munnu Lal Pal v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Forest Deptt. and 2 Others

Court No. - 20 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 8204 of 2023 Petitioner :- Munnu Lal Pal Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Forest Deptt. And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Santosh Kumar,Nand Kishore 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 for grant of minimum of pay-scale of Class-IV along with arrears.

¶3It has been submitted that earlier petitioner was engaged on daily wage basis in the department on 06.01.1998 and has been continuously working as such. It is submitted that at present petitioner is paid minimum of the pay scale in accordance with Sixth Pay Commission and has been denied revision thereof in accordance with Seventh Pay Commission.

¶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.3 i.e. Divisional Forest Officer, Ayodhya Division, District Ayodya who shall consider and decide the same within a period of six 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 :- 19.10.2023 kvg/- High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench