SPECIAL APPEAL No. 66 of 2024 at Lucknow

Reserved on:-30.01.2026 Delivered on:-08.04.2026 HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW SPECIAL APPEAL No. - 66 of 2024 Ravindra Kumar and others …..Appellant(s) Versu s State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. P.W.D.U.P. Govt. Lko. and 87 others …..Respondent(s) Counsel for Appellant(s) : Sameer Kalia, Srideep Chatterjee Counsel for : C.S.C., Ashok Kumar Verma, Respondent(s) Azam Shafeequi, Priyanshu Shukla, Raj Kumar Upadhyaya (r.k.upadhyaya), Ratnesh Chandra, Sanjai Ram, Shobhit Mohan Shukla, Swati Bisaria, Viplav Sahu Along with : Special Appeal No. 350 of 2023: Kishan Kumar and another 1. Versus State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Public Works Deptt. U.P. Lko. and 10 others 2. Special Appeal No. 351 of 2023: Shiv Mangal Kumar and 2 others Versus State of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Public Works 2 SPLA No. - 66 of 2024 Deptt. and 8 others Special Appeal No. 60 of 2026: Ravindra Kumar and 3 others 3. Versus State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. P.W.D.Lko and 10 others Court No. - 1 HON’BLE RAJAN ROY, J. HON’BLE ABDHESH KUMAR CHAUDHARY, J. (Per: Rajan Roy, J.) 1. Heard Shri Upendra Nath Mishra, learned Senior Counsel assisted by Shri Srideep Chatterjee, learned Counsel for the appellants in