Shyam Dhar Verma and Another v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Basic Edu. Lko and 2 Others
Service law – Pay and pension parity with juniors
Case brief
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Allahabad High Court, Lucknow Bench (Court No. 4), WRIT - A No. 11367 of 2025, decided 23 September 2025 by Hon'ble Abdul Moin, J. Petitioners Shyam Dhar Verma and another, represented by Manoj Kumar Mishra, Akansha Pathak and Alok Kumar Singh, complained that despite their juniors receiving higher pay and higher pension, the State of U.P. through Principal Secretary, Basic Education, and respondents 2 and 3 (represented by C.S.C. and Ravi Prakash Yadav) failed to grant them enhanced pay and pension. Without entering the merits, and with consent of parties, the Court disposed of the petition directing that individual representations filed within ten days be decided by respondent No.3 by a reasoned and speaking order within six weeks. Keywords: pay parity, stepping up of pay, higher pension to juniors, representation, reasoned and speaking order, State of U.P. Basic Education, writ disposed without merits.