Veer Singh Tyagi v. State of Uttar Pradesh and 3 Others
Service matter – arrears of salary
Case brief
What is this about?
Allahabad High Court (Neutral Citation 2025:AHC:32497), WRIT - A No. - 1300 of 2025, decided 6.3.2025 by Hon'ble Ajay Bhanot, J. Veer Singh Tyagi v. State Of Uttar Pradesh And 3 Others. Petitioner sought arrears of salary from 25.06.2020 to 09.02.2021; earlier applications to the respondents were not decided. On the respondents' submission that the claim required factual determination by the competent authority, the Court, without expressing any view on merits, directed respondent no. 3 to decide the applications as per law within three months of receipt of a certified copy of the order with a fresh copy of the application, and denied interest due to the petitioner's delay in approaching the Court. Keywords: arrears of salary, writ - A, direction to competent authority, reasonable time frame, no interest, service matter.
What did the court decide?
Direction to respondent no. 3 to decide the petitioner's applications for payment of arrears of salary (25.06.2020 to 09.02.2021) as per law within three months from receipt of a certified copy of the order along with a fresh copy of the application; no interest awarded due to the petitioner's delay in approaching the Court.