Vijay Prakash Srivastava v. Agriculture Director U.P. Krashi Bhawan Lko and 2 Others

Court No. - 7 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 9543 of 2023 Petitioner :- Vijay Prakash Srivastava Respondent :- Agriculture Director U.P. Krashi Bhawan Lko And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Pradeep Kumar Tripathi Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Anurag Tripathi,Shanker Lal Hon'ble Abdul Moin,J.

¶1At the very outset, learned counsel for the petitioner prays for and is permitted to implead State of U.P. through Principal Secretary Parti Bhoomi Vikas, Lucknow, as respondent no.4 during course of the day.

¶2Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Standing Counsel appearing for the respondents no.1 and 4, Sri Anurag Tripathi, learned counsel for respondent no.2, and Sri Shanker Lal, learned counsel for respondent no.3.

¶3With the consent of learned counsels for the parties, the writ petition is being decided finally.

¶4Instant writ petition has been filed praying for a mandamus commanding the respondent no.2 to pay the arrears of first and second promotional pay scale with one increment in next pay scale after completion of 19/24 years of service and certain other reliefs.

¶5Learned 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.2 which may be directed to be decided within a time frame fixed by this Court to which learned counsels for respondents have no objection.

¶6In view of the above, it is provided that in case the petitioner submits a representation within two weeks from today before respondent no.2 then respondent no.2 shall endevour to decide the same by means of a reasoned and speaking order within a further period of six weeks from the date of submission of the representation along with certified copy of this order.

¶7With the aforesaid direction, writ petition is disposed off.

¶8It is made clear that this Court has not gone into the merits of the case. Order Date :- 15.12.2023 A. Katiyar High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench