Ram Bilash Mishra v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy./Addl. Chief Secy., Deptt. of Technical Edu. Lko. and 5 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
WRIT-A No. 631 of 2026, Allahabad High Court Lucknow Bench (Court No. 18), decided 22.01.2026 by Shree Prakash Singh, J.: interim stay until further orders of the order dated 06.11.2025 (with Government letter dated 06.11.2025 and Minutes of Meeting dated 22.02.2024) reducing pay scale and pension of petitioner Ram Bilash Mishra on the ground of alleged incorrect salary grant/pay-fixation of year 2002; submission invoking Government Order dated 16.01.2007 and Sushil Kumar Singhal v. Pramukh Sachiv, Irrigation Department and others, (2014) 16 SCC 444 : 2014(2) ESC 271 (SC) (pay-fixation more than ten years prior to superannuation not to be interfered with); petitioner directed to be paid full pension as per last pay drawn ignoring the impugned re-fixation; counter affidavit within four weeks; connected with Writ-A No. 16 of 2026, Ram Babu v. State of U.P.
What did the court decide?
Interim relief pending counter affidavit: (i) operation of the impugned order dated 06.11.2025 (with the Government letter dated 06.11.2025 and the Minutes of Meeting dated 22.02.2024) stayed until further orders; (ii) petitioner to receive full pension as per last pay drawn, ignoring the impugned re-fixation; (iii) State Counsel given four weeks to file counter affidavit; (iv) matter connected and listed with Writ-A No. 16 of 2026 (Ram Babu v. State of U.P. and others). Final adjudication on merits deferred.