BABU LAL v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HORTICULTURE LKO. AND 2 OTHERS
WRIA/7390/2025 · 2025-07-10
Manish Mathur
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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:39279 Court No. - 18 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 7390 of 2025 Petitioner :- Babu Lal Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Horticulture Lko. And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Mohd. Ateeq Khan Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Manish Mathur,J. Heard learned counsel for petitioner and learned State Counsel for opposite parties. Petition has been filed seeking a direction to concerned authority for grant of minimum of pay scale in terms of judgment rendered by Supreme Court in the case of Sabha Shankar Dube versus Divisional Forest Officer, AIR 2019 SC 220. It has been submitted that petitioner has been engaged as daily wage worker in the department of Horticulture since 2015 and is continuously working as such but is not being paid minimum of pay scale. He places reliance in the judgment as indicated herein above. With regard to aforesaid grievance, petitioner have already submitted representation to the authorities concerned but seeks liberty to file fresh representations. At present learned counsel for petitioner restricts his prayer for a final decision with regard to same. Considering innocuous prayer made by learned counsel for petitioner and without entering into merits of the case, liberty is granted to petitioner to make fresh representation before opposite party No. 2 i.e. Director, Horticulture & Food Processing, U.P., Lucknow. In case such a representation is filed, the same shall be decided expeditiously by a reasoned and speaking order within a period of six weeks from the date a certified copy of this order is produced before the said authority. The petition stands disposed of. Order Date :- 10.7.2025 prabhat Digitally signed by :- PRABHAT KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench