Ashok Kumar Pathak v. State of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Deptt. Home, Govt. U.P. Lucknow and 4 Others

Court No. - 20 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 8432 of 2023 Petitioner :- Ashok Kumar Pathak Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Deptt. Home, Govt. U.P. Lucknow And 4 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- M.P. Raju 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 equivalent salary as has been paid to one Sanjay Kumar sharma, who is stated to be junior to petitioner on the post of Sub-Inspector (Radio) with police department.

¶3For the said grievance, petitioner has already submitted a representation dated 26.09.2023 before the authority concerned. At present, learned counsel for petitioner restricts prayer with regard to final decision on the same.

¶4Considering the innocuous prayer, without entering into merits, opposite party no.3 i.e. Finance Controller, Police Headquarter, Lucknow is directed to consider and decide representation of petitioner dated 26.09.2023 expeditiously within a period of eight weeks from the date a copy of this order is produced before authority concerned along with a copy of said representation.

¶5With aforesaid observations and directions, the petition is finally disposed of. Order Date :- 31.10.2023 kvg/- High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench