Vijay Kumar Srivastava v. State of U.P. and 2 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Class-IV employee Forest Department minimum pay-scale claim since 1993; reliance on Sabha Shanker Dube v. Divisional Forest Officer and others, 2018 LawSuit (SC) 1134; writ disposed with liberty to make representation before Divisional Forest Officer, Gorakhpur; decision within two months; transmission of papers if other authority competent; no adjudication on merits; State of U.P.; Allahabad High Court; Vikas Budhwar, J.; December 16, 2025.
What did the court decide?
Liberty to the writ petitioner to file a comprehensive representation with self-attested copy of the writ petition before the third respondent (Divisional Forest Officer, Forest Division, District Gorakhpur), who shall decide the claim strictly in accordance with law within two months of presentation of the certified copy of the order; papers to be transmitted to the appropriate authority if the third respondent so opines.