ARCHANA SINGH v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. ADDL. CHIEF SECY. MEDICAL AND HEALTH LKO. AND 2 OTHERS
/11248/2025 · 2025-09-23
Manjive Shukla
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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW WRIT - A No. - 11248 of 2025 Court No. - 30 HON'BLE MANJIVE SHUKLA, J.
1. Heard Sri Pramod Kumar Pandey, learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Standing Counsel appearing for the State-respondents. 2. The captioned writ petition has been filed by the petitioner, inter alia therein for the following reliefs:-
"1. Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of Mandamus Commanding the opposite parties to pay the grade of Rs.2,800/- as is being paid to the similarly situated persons appointed on or before 01.12.2011 ignoring the Government Order dated 19.12.2011. 2. Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of Mandamus Commanding the opposite parties to pay the arrears of salary from the respective date of appointment of the petitioner in the grade pay of Rs.2,800/-."
3. It has been contended on behalf of the petitioner that the controversy involved in this petition, as to whether the Health Workers appointed after 01.12.2011 are entitled for Grade Pay of Rs.2,800/- had already been settled by this Court vide judgment and order dated 04.07.2023 passed in Writ-A No.20255 of 2021; Kamal Deep Nirala and another vs. State of U.P. and another. It has further been contended that the Special Appeal filed against the said judgment and order dated 04.07.2023 had already been dismissed by this Court. Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Pramod Kumar Pandey, Avadhesh Kumar Jayswal, Avinash Mishra, Prashant Sharma, Sanjay Kumar Verma Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C. Archana Singh .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Medical And Health Lko. And 2 Others .....Respondent(s)
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has also brought to the notice of this Court that in identical matters this Court had already passed various orders, whereby the petitioners of those writ petition have been granted benefit of the judgment and order dated 04.07.2023 passed in Writ-A No.20255 of 2021. 5. Learned Standing Counsel appearing for the State does not dispute that the facts of this case are identical to the facts of the case in Writ-A No.20255 of 2021. He has also admitted that the persons identically placed to the petitioner had already been granted benefit of the judgment and order dated 04.07.2023 in various writ petitions, by this Court. 6.
I have considered the submissions made by learned counsels appearing for the parties and I find that it is admitted amongst the parties that the instant writ petition is squarely covered by the judgment and order dated 04.07.2023 passed by this Court in Writ-A No.20255 of 2021. 7. Accordingly, this writ petition is allowed in terms of the judgment and order dated 04.07.2023 passed in Writ-A No.20255 of 2023. September 23, 2025 Renu/- WRIA No. 11248 of 2025 2 (Manjive Shukla,J.) Digitally signed by :- RENU AGARWAL High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench