State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. (Secondary Education) Lko. and 4 Others v. Raj Narain Dubey and 2 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Interest on delayed payment of salary arrears; simple interest 6% per annum w.e.f. 1.7.2010 till actual payment; Section 3 Interest Act 1978 (arrears of salary as recoverable debt); State of U.P. thru Prin. Secy. (Secondary Education) as losing appellant; respondent Raj Narain Dubey; sanction timeline Director 20.04.2017 / DIS letter 7.10.2017 / State sanction 17.5.2024; intra court appeal SPECIAL APPEAL DEFECTIVE 238 of 2025 against Writ-A 7438 of 2023 judgment dated 4.9.2024; 230-day filing delay condoned; appeal dismissed; bench Attau Rahman Masoodi and Ajai Kumar Srivastava-I; counsel C.S.C. and Prashant Kumar Singh; decided 28.5.2025; Lucknow Bench; neutral citation 2025:AHC-LKO:32121-DB.
What did the court decide?
No relief to the appellant-State; the Special Appeal is dismissed without interfering with the writ court's order directing payment of arrears of salary with simple interest at 6% per annum.