Iram Mahfooz and Others v. State of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Deptt. Basic Edu. Lko. and 3 Others

Court No. - 20 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 6550 of 2024 Petitioner :- Iram Mahfooz And Others Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Deptt. Basic Edu. Lko. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Durga Prasad Shukla,Vivek Mishra Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Abhinav Singh,Ran Vijay Singh Hon'ble Ajay Bhanot,J.

¶1Heard Shri Durga Prasad Shukla, learned counsel for petitioners, learned Standing Counsel for opposite parties no.1 & 2, Shri Tushar Singh, learned counsel holding brief of Shri Abhinav Singh, learned counsel for opposite party No.3 and and Shri Ran Vijay Singh, learned counsel for the respondent No.4.

¶2The writ petition has been filed seeking a direction to the concerned authority for payment of salary to the petitioners for the post of Headmaster and to pay the arrears of the salary from the date they are working as In-charge Headmaster within a stipulated period.

¶3It is submitted that petitioners' case is covered by judgment rendered in the case of Tripurari Dubey & Anr. versus State of U.P. & Ors. passed in Writ A No.18228 of 2022.

¶4Considering innocuous prayer being made by learned counsel for petitioners, without entering into the merits of the case and particularly since adjudication of petitioners' grievance would entail factual aspects, liberty is granted to petitioners to file fresh representations before opposite party no.4, i.e., District Basic Education Officer, Unnao is directed to take a final decision in the light of aforesaid judgment in case the same is applicable within a period of six weeks from the date a certified copy of this order is produced before the said authority.

¶5With the aforesaid observation, the writ petition stands disposed of. Order Date :- 20.8.2024 Ashish Tripathi High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench