Sohan Lal v. State of U.P. Thru. Secy. of Panchayati Raj and 4 Others

Court No. - 20 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 8944 of 2023 Petitioner :- Sohan Lal Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Secy. Of Panchayati Raj And 4 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Saurabh Srivastava Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Manish Mathur,J.

¶1Heard learned counsel for petitioner and learned State Counsel for opposite parties.

¶2Learned counsel for petitioner is granted liberty to effect amendment in the address of opposite party no.4 during course of day.

¶3Petition has been filed challenging oral order of termination on 03.05.2021. Further prayer for a direction to opposite parties for payment of arrears of salary and to pay salary regularly every month has also been sought.

¶3It has been submitted that petitioner was engaged on daily wage basis on muster roll on 23.07.1999 but has been orally terminated on 03.05.2021 with arrears of salary also remaining unpaid.

¶4For the said grievance, petitioner has already submitted a representation dated 04.09.2023 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, opposite party no.3 i.e. District Magistrate, Raebareli is directed to consider and decide representation of petitioner dated 04.09.2023 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.

¶6With aforesaid observations and directions, the petition is finally disposed of. Order Date :- 17.11.2023 kvg/- High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench