Rajendra Prasad Joshi v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Food and Civil Supplies Deptt. Lucknow and 4 Others

Court No. - 7 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 8552 of 2023 Petitioner :- Rajendra Prasad Joshi Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Food And Civil Supplies Deptt. Lucknow And 4 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Shamshad Ahmad Khan Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Kaushlendra Tewari Hon'ble Abdul Moin,J.

¶1Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Standing Counsel appearing for respondent no.1 and Sri Kaushlendra Tewari, learned counsel for respondents no.2 to 5.

¶2With the consent of learned counsel for the parties, the writ petition is finally disposed off.

¶3Instant writ petition has been filed praying for a mandamus commanding respondent no.3 to forthwith release/grant all the increments and re-fix the pay of the petitioner in the regular pay scale since the year 2011 as per the recommendations made by the fifth and sixth pay committee U.P. and pay the arrears of salary and withheld honorarium of daily wages and other dues and allowances along with interest.

¶4Learned counsel for the petitioner after arguing at some length submits that with regard to the relief sought in the writ petition, the petitioner may be permitted to submit a fresh representation before respondent no.3 which may be directed to be decided within a time frame fixed by this Court to which learned counsels for the respondents have no objection.

¶5In view of the above, it is provided that in case the petitioner submits a representation within two weeks from today before respondent no.3 then respondent no.3 shall endevour to decide the same by means of a reasoned and speaking order within a further period of three months from the date of submission of the representation along with certified copy of this order.

¶6With the aforesaid direction, writ petition is disposed off.

¶7It is made clear that this Court has not gone into the merits of the case. Order Date :- 3.11.2023 A. Katiyar High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench