GANGA SAGAR SHUKLA AND 60 OTHERS v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. ADDL. CHIEF SECY. BASIC EDUCATION U.P. LKO. AND 2 OTHERS
WRIA/6186/2025 · 2025-05-30
Rajesh Singh Chauhan
body2025
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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:33975 Court No. - 3 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 6186 of 2025 Petitioner :- Ganga Sagar Shukla And 60 Others Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Basic Education U.P. Lko. And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Aditya Vikram Singh,Abhishek Mishra Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Net Ram Hon'ble Rajesh Singh Chauhan,J.
1. Heard Sri Aditya Vikram Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Standing Counsel for the State and Sri Netram, learned counsel for the opposite party no. 3. 2. At the very outset learned counsel for the petitioner has requested that he may be permitted to implead 'Board of Basic Education, Prayagraj through its Secretary' in the array of opposite parties as opposite party no. 4 during the course of the day. 3. Considering the aforesaid request learned counsel for the petitioner is permitted to implead the 'Secretary, Board of Basic Education, Prayagraj' as opposite party no. 4 during the course of the day. 4. Copy of the petition may be given to Sri Ran Vijay Singh, learned counsel for the Board of Basic Education. 5. By means of this petition the petitioner has prayed following relief :
"(i) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding the opposite parties to pay the salary to the petitioners to the post of Head Master of Primary Schools as shown against their names with effect from the date, the petitioners are appointed as In-charge Head Masters as shown against their names in the consolidated sheet with all consequential benefits, within a stipulated period as may be specified by this Hon'ble Court. II. Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding the opposite parties to pay the arrears of salary to the petitioners to the post of Head Master of Primary Schools as shown against their names with effect from the date, the petitioners are appointed as In-charge Head Masters as shown against their names in the consolidated sheet with all consequential benefits, within a stipulated period as may be specified by this Hon'ble Court."
6. Learned counsel for the petitioners has submitted that
for redressal of the aforesaid grievance, the petitioners have preferred representation to the competent authority, but to no avail.
Learned counsel for the petitioners has also submitted that the petitioners may be permitted to prefer fresh separate representations before opposite party no.3 and this Court may direct opposite party no.3 to pass appropriate order strictly in accordance with law. 7. Learned counsel for the opposite parties have no objection if direction for disposal of the representation is issued. 8. Therefore, without entering into merits of the issue, the petitioners are permitted to prefer fresh separate representations to opposite party no.3 i.e. District Basic Education Officer, Lakhimpur Kheri taking all pleas and grounds, which are necessary for disposal of the representation and also enclosing the earlier representation, if any, alongwith certified copy of this
order within a period of fifteen days from today. If such representations are preferred by the petitioners within the aforesaid stipulated time, the authority concerned shall consider and dispose of the aforesaid representations of the petitioners by speaking and reasoned order, strictly in accordance with law and also in the light of judgment and
order dated 30.04.2025 passed in bunch of Special Appeals bearing leading Special Appeal No.652 of 2024 (Secretary, U.P. Basic Education Board and 2 Others Vs. Tripurari Dubey and 3 Others) verifying its applicability on the issue in question, with expedition, say within a period of two months from the date of receipt of the representation and thereafter communicate the decision thereof to the petitioners forthwith.
9. With the aforesaid direction, the writ petition is
disposed of finally. . [Rajesh Singh Chauhan, J.]
Order Date :- 30.5.2025 Om Digitally signed by :- OM PRAKASH MISHRA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench Digitally signed by :- OM PRAKASH MISHRA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench