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Ram Nath and Another v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Horticulture U.P. Lko. and 2 Others

Allahabad HC1 Aug 2025WRIA/8560/2025

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What is this about?

daily wage worker; minimum of pay scale; Horticulture Department; Sabha Shankar Dube versus Divisional Forest Officer; AIR 2019 SC 220; fresh representation; Director Horticulture & Food Processing Lucknow; reasoned and speaking order; six weeks; WRIT - A No. 8560 of 2025; Allahabad High Court Lucknow Bench; Manish Mathur J.; 2025:AHC-LKO:44622

What did the court decide?

Liberty to the petitioners to make a fresh representation before opposite party No. 2 (Director, Horticulture & Food Processing, Lucknow); the authority to decide it expeditiously by a reasoned and speaking order within six weeks from production of a certified copy of the order. ¶11

Ram Nath and Another Vs State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Horticulture U.P. Lko. and 2 Others — Allahabad HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

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Issue for consideration

Whether the petitioners, engaged as daily wage workers in the Horticulture Department since 2012 and continuously working, are entitled to payment of the minimum of pay scale in terms of Sabha Shankar Dube versus Divisional Forest Officer, AIR 2019 SC 220. +1 more

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Ratio / Principle

Liberty is granted to the petitioners to make a fresh representation before opposite party No. 2, i.e. Director, Horticulture & Food Processing, Lucknow.

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Key takeaways

If such a representation is filed, it shall be decided expeditiously by a reasoned and speaking order within six weeks from the date a certified copy of the order is produced before the said authority.ratio¶10
The writ petition is disposed of without entering into the merits of the case, with liberty for a fresh representation.ratio¶10

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Allahabad High Court, Lucknow Bench (Manish Mathur, J.), WRIT - A No. 8560 of 2025, order dated 1.8.2025, Neutral Citation 2025:AHC-LKO:44622 — Petitioners, stated to be engaged as daily wage workers in the Horticulture Department since 2012 and continuously working without payment of minimum of pay scale, sought a direction for grant of minimum of pay scale in terms of Sabha Shankar Dube versus Divisional Forest Officer, AIR 2019 SC 220. Counsel restricted the prayer to a final decision on the petitioners' representation. Without entering into the merits, the Court granted liberty to make a fresh representation before opposite party No. 2, Director, Horticulture & Food Processing, Lucknow, directing that it be decided expeditiously by a reasoned and speaking order within six weeks from production of a certified copy of the order. Petition disposed of. No entitlement adjudicated; the Supreme Court precedent was noted as the basis of the prayer but not applied.

Ram Nath and Another v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Horticulture U.P. Lko. and 2 Others

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