Haribansh Lal v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. of Geology and Mining Lko. and Another
Case brief
What is this about?
Service matter - withheld increments: Writ-A 14724 of 2025, Allahabad High Court Lucknow Bench, Manish Mathur, J., December 18, 2025. Haribansh Lal v. State of U.P. (Deptt. of Geology and Mining) - mandamus sought for annual increments due since 2014 on Junior Assistant post and consequential salary arrears; merits not entered; petition disposed of with liberty to file fresh representation before Director, Geology and Mining Directorate, Lucknow; decision due within 8 weeks of certified copy; no statutes or precedents cited; no monetary award made.
What did the court decide?
Petition disposed of without adjudicating merits; petitioner granted liberty to file a fresh representation before opposite party No. 2 (Director, Geology and Mining Directorate, Lucknow), which shall decide the representation within eight weeks from the date a certified copy of the order is produced before it.