RAMESH KUMAR AND 25 OTHERS v. UNION OF INDIA AND 5 OTHERS
WRIC/11933/2025 · 2025-04-21
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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:59545 Court No. - 33 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 11933 of 2025 Petitioner :- Ramesh Kumar And 25 Others Respondent :- Union Of India And 5 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Durga Prasad Tiwari,Neeraj Kumar Singh,Shrawan Kumar Pandey Counsel for Respondent :- A.S.G.I.,Pranjal Mehrotra Hon'ble Prakash Padia,J.
1. Heard Sri Shrawan Kumar Pandey, learned counsel for the petitioners, learned Standing Counsel for the respondents-State and Sri Pranjal Mehrotra, learned counsel for the Food Corporation of India.
2. The petitioner has preferred present writ petition inter-alia with the following prayers :-
"A. Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding and directing to the respondents to pay the payment of the minimum wages Singly Labour Payment System, Medical Facility and Other Facilites according to the benefit provided under the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 to the petitioners. B. Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding and directing to the respondent No.3 (Food Corporation of India through its Chairman) to consider the claim of the petitioners and decide the application dated 18.10.2023, which is submitted by the General Secretary Mazdoor Union Food Corporation of India with the appropriate orders of direction expeditiously within a stipulated period fixed by this Hon'ble Court."
3. A preliminary objection has been raised by Sri Pranjal Mehrotra,
learned counsel for the respondents that earlier Mazdoor Union Food Corporation of India approached this Court by filing a petition being Writ C No.12263 of 2024, which was finally
disposed of by this Court vide judgement and order dated
18.04.2024. By the aforesaid judgement direction was given to the Chairman, Food Corporation of India to consider and decide the claim set up by the petitioners within a period of three months. He placed before this Court an order dated 24.10.2024 passed by Food Corporation of India by which decision has been taken pursuant to the order passed by this Court dated 18.04.2024. Copy of the same has also been provided to the counsel for the petitioners.
4. After going through the same, it is argued by counsel for the petitioner that the relief sought for by the petitioner in the present writ petition has been granted hence present writ petition has become infructuous.
5. In this view of the matter, present writ petition is dismissed as having become infructuous.
Order Date :- 22.4.2025 Pramod Tripathi Digitally signed by :- PRAMOD TRIPATHI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad Digitally signed by :- PRAMOD TRIPATHI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad Digitally signed by :- PRAMOD TRIPATHI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad