Hanuman Prasad Shukla and 2 Others v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Dairy Deptt. Lucknow and 3 Others

Court No. - 7 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 9807 of 2023 Petitioner :- Hanuman Prasad Shukla And 2 Others Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Dairy Deptt. Lucknow And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Dhirendra Kumar Mishra Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Pankaj Patel,Shanker Lal Hon'ble Abdul Moin,J. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners, learned Standing Counsel for respondents no. 1 to 3 and Shri Pankaj Patel, learned counsel who has filed his Vakalatnama on behalf of respondent no.2 and has accepted notice on behalf of respondent no.4. With the consent of learned counsel appearing for the contesting parties, the writ petition is being finally disposed of. The instant writ petition has been filed praying for a mandamus commanding the respondent no.3 to pay the time scale / pay scale after completion of 19 years and 24 years of service of the petitioners. After arguing the matter at some length, learned counsel for the petitioners submits that with regard to the reliefs sought in the writ petition, the petitioner may be permitted to submit a fresh representation before the respondent no.2 i.e. Managing Director, U.P. Co-operative Dairy Federation Limited, Lucknow which may be directed to be decided within a time frame fixed by this Court to which learned counsels for the respondents have no objection. In view of the above, it is provided that in case the petitioners submit a representation within two weeks from today before respondent no.2 then respondent no.2 shall endeavour to decide the same by means of a reasoned and speaking order in accordance with law and the relevant rules within a further period of six weeks from the date of submission of the representation along with certified copy of this order. With the aforesaid direction, the writ petition is disposed of. It is made clear that this Court has not gone into the merits of the claim set forth by the petitioners. Order Date :- 20.12.2023/S. Shivhare High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench