Rajendra Prasad Srivastava v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. /Addl. Chief Secy. Deptt. of Technical Education Lko. and 5 Others
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Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench) interim order, Writ-A No. 1417 of 2026, decided 10.02.2026 by Manish Mathur, J.; petitioner Rajendra Prasad Srivastava versus State of U.P. through Principal Secretary/Addl. Chief Secretary, Department of Technical Education and others; pension fixation reduced by order dated 06.11.2025 issued pursuant to Government letter dated 06.11.2025 and Minutes of Meeting dated 22.02.2024 on finding of incorrect salary grant in 1995; counsel invoked Government Order dated 16.01.2007 and Sushil Kumar Singhal v. Pramukh Sachiv, Irrigation Department, (2014) 16 SCC 444 : 2014(2) ESC 271 (SC) — pay-fixation more than ten years before superannuation cannot be interfered with; Court found submissions prima facie to have force, gave four weeks for counter affidavit, connected matter with Writ A No.16 of 2026, stayed impugned order until further orders, and directed full pension as per last pay drawn ignoring the re-fixation.