Allowed. The petitioner sought pay fixation and senior time scale. The Court treated the petition as a representation and directed the respondents to decide the same within four weeks, considering the judgment in Ajit Kumar Choudhary.
Direction to the respondents to treat the petition as a representation and decide the same within four weeks.
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UNION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Respondents Through: Mr.Neeraj SPC with Mr.Vedansh Anand, GP with Mr.Saumyadip Chakraborty, Mr.Sachin Saraswat, Adv.
CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAVIN CHAWLA HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE SHALINDER KAUR
O R D E R
% 27.09.2024 CM APPL. 57281/2024(exemption)
W.P.(C) 13663/2024
“1. Issue a Writ of Mandamus directing the Respondents to notionally fix the pay of the Petitioner pursuant to the re-fixation of his seniority in the rank of Assistant Commandant as is being drawn by his batchmates after granting him increments that have been granted to his batchmates/juniors and further grant him Senior Time Scale w.e.f. the date his batch mates have been given, i.e. w.e.f. November 2014 along with arrears at 6% interest and grant the same relief that has been granted by this Hon'ble Court in W.P.(C) NO.8080/2013 titled as Jay Pratap Singh Vs. Union of India & Ors, W.P.(C) No.1 1765/20 16 titled as Dharam Narayan Borana Vs. Union of India & Ors., W.P.(C) NO.7245/20
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19 tilted as Ajit Kumar Choudhary v. Union of India & Ors. and by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in case of State of U.P. and Ors. Vs. Arvind Kumar Srivastava and Ors., with all consequential benefits.”
NAVIN CHAWLA, J
SHALINDER KAUR, J
SEPTEMBER 27, 2024 RN
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2 issues framed by the court
Whether to allow the petition praying for notional pay fixation and senior time scale.
Whether to direct respondents to decide the petitioner's representation on pay fixation.
Colour shows how this judgement treated each authority
Jay Pratap Singh Vs. Union of India & Ors.Referred¶12
Jay Pratap Singh Vs. Union of India & Ors.
Dharam Narayan Borana Vs. Union of India & Ors.Referred¶12
W.P.(C) No.1765/2016 titled as Dharam Narayan Borana Vs. Union of India & Ors.
Ajit Kumar Choudhary v. Union of India & Ors.Relied on¶12
W.P.(C) NO.7245/2019 titled Ajit Kumar Choudhary v. Union of India & Ors.
State of U.P. and Ors. Vs. Arvind Kumar Srivastava and Ors.Referred¶12
State of U.P. and Ors. Vs. Arvind Kumar Srivastava and Ors.
Bijoy Kumar Singh
Union of India
Navin Chawla
Shalinder Kaur
As recorded by the court registry
A petition under Article 226 of the Constitution asking a High Court to issue a writ against the State or a public authority in a civil matter.
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