VIJAY SINGH AND 4 OTHERS v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. ADDL. CHIEF SECY. HORTICULTURE U.P. LKO. AND 2 OTHERS
WRIA/12531/2025 · 2025-10-17
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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW WRIT - A No. - 12531 of 2025 Court No. - 7 HON'BLE MANISH MATHUR, J.
1. Heard learned counsel for petitioners and learned State Counsel for opposite parties.
2. 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.
3. It has been submitted that petitioners have been engaged as daily wage worker in the department of Horticulture since 2004 to 2012 and are continuously working as such but are not being paid minimum of pay scale. He places reliance in the judgment as indicated herein above.
4. With regard to aforesaid grievance, petitioners have already submitted representation to the authorities concerned but seeks liberty to file fresh representations. At present learned counsel for petitioners restricts his prayer for a final decision with regard to same.
5. Considering innocuous prayer made by learned counsel for petitioners and without entering into merits of the case, liberty is granted to petitioners to make fresh representation before opposite party No. 2 i.e. Director, Horticulture & Food Processing, 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.
6. The petition stands disposed of. October 17, 2025 prabhat Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Mohd. Ateeq Khan Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C. (Manish Mathur,J.) Vijay Singh And 4 Others .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Horticulture U.P. Lko. And 2 Others .....Respondent(s) Digitally signed by :- PRABHAT KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench