- Court
- High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
- Decided
- 18 December 2023
- Bench
- Manish Mathur
- Case no.
- 9677/2023
Judgment
Court No. - 20 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 9677 of 2023 Petitioner :- Durga Prasad Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Forest Deptt. Lko. And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Anil Kumar Yadav,Santosh Kumar 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 minimum of the pay scale of Class IV post to petitioner in terms of the Government Order dated 03.04.2023 and judgments on the aforesaid.
¶3It has been submitted that petitioner has been engaged in service on a Class IV post by the opposite parties in February, 1997 and is working as such continuously but has not yet been paid minimum of the pay scale.
¶4It is submitted that petitioner's case is covered by judgment rendered by Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of Sabha Shanker Dube versus Divisional Forest Officer and Others.
¶5For 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 for a decision with regard to same.
¶6Considering the innocuous prayer being made by learned counsel for petitioner and without entering into merits of the case, liberty is granted to petitioner to file a fresh representation before opposite party no.3 i.e. Divisional Forest Officer-Unnao District Unnao, who shall consider and decide the same in the light of judgment rendered by Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of Sabha Shanker Dube versus Divisional Forest Officer and Others, within a period of eight weeks from the date a certified copy of this order is produced before the said authority along with fresh representation.
¶7With aforesaid observations and directions, the petition is finally disposed of. Order Date :- 18.12.2023 Satish High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench
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