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2025 DAILYLAW 32784 (ALL)

DURGESH SINGH AND 3 OTHERS v. State of UP AND 2 OTHERS

WRIA/3591/2024 · 2025-08-19

Ajit Kumar

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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:143755 Court No. - 4 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 3591 of 2024 Petitioner :- Durgesh Singh And 3 Others Respondent :- State Of Up And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Anil Kumar Pandey,G.K. Srivastava Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Ajit Kumar,J. Heard Sri A.K.Pandey, learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Standing Counsel. By means of present petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution, petitioner has prayed for quashing of the order dated 6th March, 2021, whereby his claim for pay-scale as admissible to the veterinary pharmacist has been refused. It is contended that petitioner is a trained veterinary pharmacist inasmuch as many other pharmacist have been benefited under the judgment of this Court and Supreme Court and latest judgment in the case of Praveen Rai v. State of U.P. and 3 Others, Writ A No. 23679 of 2017, decided on 8.5.2023. Upon pointed query being made, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel representing State respondents could not dispute the application of law as discussed in the order of this Court dated 8.5.2023 in the case of Praveen Rai (supra) to the petitioner's case. In view of above, the order dated 6th March, 2023 passed by the Additional Director Grade-2 Animal Husbandry, Gorakhpur, Bareilly, is hereby quashed. The present petition succeeds and is allowed in terms of same direction as contained in the order dated 8.5.2023 passed in the matter of Praveen Rai (supra). Order Date :- 20.8.2025 Sanjeev Digitally signed by :- SANJEEV RANJAN High Court of Judicature at Allahabad