State of U.P. Thru. Secy. Secondary Education Lko and 5 Others v. Shiv Kumar Shukla and Another
Case brief
What is this about?
Allahabad High Court, Lucknow Bench (DB, Arun Bhansali CJ & Jaspreet Singh J), Spl. Appeal Defective No. 123 of 2025, decided 01.05.2025 (2025:AHC-LKO:24995-DB). State of U.P. v. Shiv Kumar Shukla — promotional pay scale and pension of secondary education employees; appeal against Single Judge order in Writ-A No. 6791 of 2024 (order dt. 23.11.2024) which quashed order dt. 29.07.2024 denying promotional pay scale/pension, following Surendra Singh (Spl. Appeal Defective No. 172 of 2023, dt. 20.04.2023). Condonation of 67-day delay allowed; appeal dismissed as squarely covered by Surendra Singh despite pending SLPs before Supreme Court. Keywords: condonation of delay, pendency of SLP, covered precedent, promotional pay scale, pension.
What did the court decide?
Condonation of the 67-day delay in filing the special appeal; the special appeal itself was dismissed, leaving the Single Judge's order dated 23.11.2024 undisturbed.