Deepika Singh and 3 Others v. State of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Medical and Health Lucknow and 3 Others

Court No. - 20 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 8865 of 2023 Petitioner :- Deepika Singh And 3 Others Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Medical And Health Lucknow And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Rudra Pratap Singh 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 payment of Grade Pay of Rs.2800/- in place of currently provided Rs.2000/- in the light of judgment rendered by this Court in WRIT - A No. - 20255 of 2021 (Kamal Deep Nirala & others v. State of U.P. & others) decided vide judgment dated 04.07.2023.

¶3It has been submitted that petitioner is entitled for the benefits as has been made admissible to similarly situated employees by means of aforesaid judgment which has attained finality since no Appeal thereagainst has been filed.

¶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 fresh individual representations before opposite party no.2 i.e. Director General, Family Welfare U.P., Lucknow who shall consider and decide the same in the light of judgment rendered in Kamal Deep Nirala(supra) in case the same is applicable, 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 :- 9.11.2023 kvg/- High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench