Rameshwar Dayal Sharma v. State of U.P. Thru. Secy. Public Works Deptt. Civil Secrt.Lko. and Others

Court No. - 20 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 8478 of 2023 Petitioner :- Rameshwar Dayal Sharma Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Secy. Public Works Deptt. Civil Secrt.Lko. And Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Ramesh Kumar Srivastava 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 Grade Pay of Rs.2400/- with effect from 26.11.2010 and the Grade Pay of Rs.2800/- with effect from 16.08.2016 which is the date on which such benefit has been granted to his Junior, namely Uday Veer Singh. Further prayer for arrears of salary after such revision and for fixing of basic pay equivalent to aforesaid Mr. Uday Veer Singh has also been sought.

¶3It has been submitted that earlier petitioner had filed Writ Petition No.32726 (S/S) of 2018 which was allowed by means of judgment and order dated 08.02.2019. It is submitted that in pursuance thereof, vide order dated 25.10.2019, petitioner was granted promotion on Class III post with effect from 26.11.2010 indicating such date on which benefit was granted to one Mr. Uday Veer Singh who has been stated to be junior to petitioner. It is submitted that however aforesaid Grade Pay as indicated in the prayer has not yet been paid to petitioner despite the same benefit has already been granted to the said Mr. Uday Veer Singh

¶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. Pramukh Abhiyanta (Pariyojana and Niyojan), Public Works Department, District Lucknow 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 :- 1.11.2023 kvg/- High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench