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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:59244
Court No. - 5 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 16454 of 2024 Petitioner :- Bakheduram Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Arun Kumar Srivastava Counsel for Respondent :- Adarsh Bhushan,C.S.C. Hon'ble Ajay Bhanot,J. Heard Sri Arun Kumar Srivastava, learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri Adarsh Bhushan, learned counsel for respondents no. 2, 3 and 4 and learned Standing Counsel for the State. The petitioner claims that he is entitled to arrear of third time scale as well as arrear of 6th Pay Commission alongwith interest. A representation in this regard has been made but to no avail.
Learned counsel for the respondents submits that the matter requires factual determination as per applicable law by the competent authority in the first instance. He however fairly submits that the claim of the petitioner needs to be decided in an expeditious time frame. In the wake of submissions made by the parties, and without going into the merits of the case, interest of justice will be served by directing the respondent no. 3, Executive Engineer, Purvanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Ltd. to execute the following directions:
I. The respondent no. 3, Executive Engineer, Purvanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Ltd. shall decide the representation of the petitioner for arrear of third time scale as well as arrear of 6th Pay Commission alongwith interest within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order along with a fresh copy of the representation. In wake of the aforesaid direction the writ petition is
disposed of finally.
Order Date :- 21.4.2025 Pravin Digitally signed by :- PRAVIN VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad