Ram Lakhan Verma v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Forest Deptt. U.P. Lko. and 2 Others

Court No. - 20 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 9080 of 2023 Petitioner :- Ram Lakhan Verma Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Forest Deptt. U.P. Lko. And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Prem Chandra Chauhan,Kashi Ram Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Manish Mathur,J.

¶1Heard learned counsel for petitioner and learned State Counsel appearing on behalf of opposite parties.

¶2Petition has been filed seeking a direction to opposite parties to regularize services of petitioner with effect from the date his juniors were regularized on 25.08.2011 in pursuance of Government Order dated 08.09.2010 and also to provide all such benefits which have been made available to such juniors.

¶3It has been submitted that petitioner was initially engaged on daily wage basis in January, 1988 and has thereafter continued as such without any break and is therefore entitled to be regularized in terms of relevant regularization Rules particularly in view of the fact that persons engaged subsequent to petitioner on daily wage basis had been regularized in the year 2011.

¶4For the aforesaid grievance, petitioner has already submitted a representation dated 01.11.2023. At present learned counsel for petitioner restricts his prayer for a final decision with regard to same.

¶5Considering innocuous prayer being made by learned counsel for petitioner and without entering into the merits of the case, opposite party No.3 i.e. Divisional Forest Officer, South Kheri, Forest Department, South Kheri is directed to consider and decide representation dated 01.11.2023 by reasoned and speaking order within a period of eight weeks from the date a certified copy of this order is produced before said authority. Petitioner shall annex a copy of representation dated 01.11.2023 alongwith copy of this Order.

¶6With the aforesaid observation, petition stands disposed of. Order Date :- 24.11.2023 Subodh/- High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench