SPECIAL APPEAL DEFECTIVE No. 210 of 2025 at Lucknow

Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:29990-DB Chief Justice's Court Case :- SPECIAL APPEAL DEFECTIVE No. - 210 of 2025 Appellant :- State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Rural Development Deptt. Lko. and 3 others Respondent :- Ganesh Prasad Tewari Counsel for Appellant :- C.S.C., V.P. Nag (S.C.) Counsel for Respondent :- Ninnie Shrivastava Hon'ble Arun Bhansali,Chief Justice Hon'ble Jaspreet Singh,J. 1. Office has reported the appeal as barred by 83 days. 2. For the reasons indicated in the application seeking condonation of delay, supported by affidavit, the same is allowed. 3. The delay in filing the appeal is condoned. 4. The appeal is directed against the order dated 22.01.2025, passed by learned Single Judge in Writ - A No. 12721 of 2024, whereby the writ petition filed by the respondent for payment of amount of leave encashment has been allowed. 5. The petition was filed by the respondent, inter alia, with the submissions that he was initially appointed on the post of Clerk in Small Farmers Development Agency, Unnao and subsequently, promoted to the post of Junior Clerk and his services were subsequently merged on creation of District Rural Development Agency ('DRDA') on the post of