WRIT - A No. 539 of 2026 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - A No. - 539 of 2026 Ram Chandar .....Petitioner(s) Versus State Of Uttar Pradesh And 2 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Anil Kumar Shukla Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C. Court No. - 33 HON'BLE VIKAS BUDHWAR, J. 1. Heard Sri Anil Kumar Shukla, learned counsel for the writ petitioner and Sri Gaurav Singh, learned Standing Counsel for the State. 2. The case of the writ petitioner is that he was engaged as a Daily Wager, Class IV employee (Watcher-Animal Protector) on 01.08.1987 and the claim is that he is continuously working without there being any break to the utmost satisfaction of the superior, however, the writ petitioner has not been assigned and made entitle to minimum of pay scale. 3. Prayer in the present petition is to accord minimum of the pay scale to the writ petitioner. 4. Learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel, on the other hand, submits that whatever might be the question which would arise would be whether the writ petitioner is already working and his entitlement are the questions at the first instance are to be examined by the second respondent, Executive Engineer, Sirsi Dam, Mirzapur Division, M