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2025 DAILYLAW 184658 (ALL)

DHARMENDRA PRATAP SINGH AND 100 OTHERS v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. ADDL. CHIEF SECY. DEPTT. OF BASIC EDU. LKO. AND 3 OTHERS

/13708/2025 · 2025-11-28

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW WRIT - A No. - 13708 of 2025 Court No. - 7 HON'BLE MANISH MATHUR, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for petitioners, learned State Counsel for opposite party Nos.1 & 2 and Mr. Ran Vijay Singh, learned counsel for opposite party Nos.3 & 4. 2. Petition has been filed seeking a direction to authority concerned for payment of salary for the post of Headmasters as well as arrears of salary from the date they commenced work as In-charge Headmasters of the institutions concerned. 3. At the very outset, learned counsel for petitioners submits that he is not press this petition with regard to petitioner No.1/Dharmendra Pratap Singh with liberty to file a fresh petition. 4. Considering the submissions, petition is dismissed as with regard to petitioner No.1/Dharmendra Pratap Singh granting liberty to file a fresh petition. 5. Contention is that the dispute involved in the instant petition has already been considered by the Division Bench of this Court in a bunch of appeals leading being Special Appeal No. 652 of 2024 In re: Secretary, UP Basic Education Board and Ors Vs. Tripurari Dubey and Ors- 2025: AHC:67382-DB which judgment in turn has been affirmed with the dismissal of the Special Leave to Appeal vide order dated 13.08.2025 in Special Leave to Appeal (C) No. 22427 of 2025. 6. Further contention is that the respondents be directed to consider Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Durga Prasad Shukla Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., Ran Vijay Singh Dharmendra Pratap Singh And 100 Others .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Deptt. Of Basic Edu. Lko. And 3 Others .....Respondent(s) the claim of the petitioners in the light of the Division Bench judgment of this Court in the case of Tripurari Dubey (supra). 7. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the contesting respondents do not dispute the aforesaid question of law as decided by the Division Bench of this Court in the case of Tripurari Dubey (supra). 8. Considering the aforesaid, the instant writ petition is disposed of with regard to petitioner Nos.2 to 101 with the direction to the respondent no. 4/District Basic Education Officer, Pratapgarh to consider the claim of the petitioners for being given the salary to the post of In-charge Headmasters in accordance with law and the relevant rules as well as the Division Bench judgment of this Court in the case of Tripurari Dubey (supra) which consideration would be done within a period of two months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order. November 28, 2025 lakshman WRIA No. 13708 of 2025 2 (Manish Mathur,J.) Digitally signed by :- LAKSHMANA KUMAR TAMMANA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench