WRIT - A No. 4360 of 2023 at Lucknow

A.F.R. Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:41651 Court No. - 18 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 4360 of 2023 Petitioner :- Taru Kashyap Respondent :- Union Of India Thru. Deputy Secy. Ministry Of Woman And Child Development New Delhi And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Dheeraj Awasthi,Devak Vardhan Counsel for Respondent :- A.S.G.I.,Harsha Yadav Hon'ble Manish Mathur,J. 1. Heard Mr. Devak Vardhan, learned counsel for petitioner and Ms. Harsha Yadav, learned counsel for opposite parties. 2. Petition has been filed challenging Clause 7 of the engagement letter dated 02/03.09.2021 to the extent it denies maternity leave to female employees in the establishment. Quashing of order dated 03.05.2023 granting matrimonial leave to petitioner without pay has also been sought alongwith a direction to concerned authority to grant maternity benefit to petitioner with full wages as applicable. 3. It has been submitted that petitioner was initially engaged on contractual basis on the post of Special Educator vide letter dated 08.10.2020 on a fixed honorarium for a period of 89 days. It is submitted that subsequently upon completion of the aforesaid tenure, the petitioner was again re-engaged on the sai