WRIT - A No. 2639 of 2026 at Lucknow

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW WRIT - A No. - 2639 of 2026 Harishchandra Srivastava .....Petitioner(s) Versus State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. Forest Lko. And 5 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Shailendra Singh Chauhan, Maneesh Singh Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C. Court No. - 18 HON'BLE KARUNESH SINGH PAWAR, J. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Standing Counsel for the respondent State. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that a direction may be issued to the respondents to pay the minimum of the pay scale as it has been given to the similarly situated person, namely, Pawan Kumar Singh from 16.01.2023. Learned counsel for the petitioner has also placed reliance upon the judgement of Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of Sabha Shanker Dube vs. Divisional Forest Officer reported in 2019 (37) LCD 319. The relevant paragraphs no.9, 10, 11, and 13 are quoted hereinbelow: "On a comprehensive consideration of the entire law on the subject of parity of pay scales on the principle of equal pay for equal work, this Court in Jagjit Singh (supra) held as follows:- 58. In our considered view, it is fallacious to determ