Lav Kush Upadhyay and 3 Others v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. /Addl. Chief Secy. Ayush Deptt. Lko. and 3 Others

Court No. - 20 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 10145 of 2023 Petitioner :- Lav Kush Upadhyay And 3 Others Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. /Addl. Chief Secy. Ayush Deptt. Lko. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Lalendra Pratap Singh Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Manish Mathur,J.

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

¶2Petition has been filed seeking a direction to opposite parties to provide consequential service benefits including 3rd ACP to petitioners with effect from year 2020 counting their services from 1994 in light of an order passed by competent authority themselves granting substantive appointment to petitioner from 1994.

¶3It has been submitted that similar benefits have already been granted to other similarly situated persons in the department while depriving petitioners of the said benefit.

¶4For the said grievance, petitioners have already submitted a representation but seek liberty to file a fresh representation before the authority concerned. At present, learned counsel for petitioners restricts prayer with regard to final decision on the same.

¶5Considering the innocuous prayer, without entering into merits, liberty is granted to petitioners to file fresh individual representation before opposite party no.2 i.e. Director Ayurvedic Services, Indira Bhawan, U.P., Lucknow who shall consider and decide the same 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 in the light of benefit already granted to similarly situated employees in case petitioners are also entitled for the same.

¶6With aforesaid observations and directions, the petition is finally disposed of. Order Date :- 22.12.2023 kvg/- High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench