नगर क्षेत्र की विस्तारित सीमा में आये परिषदीय विद्यालयों का कैडर ग्रामीण क्षेत्र से नगर क्षेत्र में करने के लिए हमारे गोरखपुर के साथी पंकज सिंह और उनकी टीम ने भाई राहुल पांडेय जी के साथ लखनऊ बेंच में याचिका दायर की ,जिसमें हमारे अधिवक्ता अमरेंद्र नाथ त्रिपाठी जी जी और डी पी शुक्ला जी की दमदार बहस से आज परिणाम हमारे पक्ष में रहा। आज के आर्डर का सार यही है कि-
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✍️ निर्भय सिंह,लखनऊ
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD, LUCKNOW BENCH
?Neutral Citation No. – 2024:AHC-LKO:69964
Court No. – 5
Case :- WRIT – A No. – 6551 of 2024
Petitioner :- Rashmi Dixit @ Rashmi Pandey And Another
Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Basic Edu. Lko And 3 Others
Counsel for Petitioner :- Amrendra Nath Tripathi,Durga Prasad Shukla
Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Pradeep Tiwari,Ran Vijay Singh
Hon’ble Abdul Moin,J.
1. Heard Sri Amrendra Nath Tripathi, learned counsel for the petitioners, learned Standing Counsel appearing for respondents no.1 and 2, Sri Ran Vijay Singh, learned counsel appearing for respondents no.3, and Sri Pradeep Tiwari, learned counsel appearing for respondent no.4.
2. With the consent of learned counsels for the contesting parties, the matter is being finally decided.
3. Despite detailed contentious arguments having been advanced by the learned counsels for the contesting parties, a consensus has emerged amongst the parties that the petitioners who were initially appointed in the rural local area as Assistant Teachers which as per Rule 4(1) of the U.P. Basic Education (Teachers) Service Rules, 1981, would be considered to be a separate cadre vis-a-vis urban local area and have a legitimate expectation of giving an option opting for separate cadre once the school has come under the Nagar Nigam Lucknow in the year 2022 i.e. urban local area more particularly when earlier the State Government had issued a Government Order dated 27.02.2000, a copy of which is Annexure-4 to the writ petition, in similar circumstances, wherein the teachers working in ‘rural local area’ had been given an option to change their cadre to the ‘urban local area’ and as such the petitioners be also given an option to opt for change of cadre.
4. Sri Ran Vijay Singh, learned counsel for respondent no.3, on the basis of instructions, states that the Government Order dated 27.02.2000 still continues to operate.
5. Considering the aforesaid, the writ petition is disposed of leaving it open to the petitioners to give an option in terms of the Government Order dated 27.02.2000 to respondent no.3 opting for urban area within three days from today. In case such an option is made along with certified copy of this order then the competent authority who is said to be the Secretary, U.P. Basic Education Board, Prayagraj i.e. respondent no.3 shall proceed to consider the said option in accordance with law and relevant rules and shall pass a suitable order within a period of one week after the said option is received.
6. Let a certified copy of this order be issued to the parties concerned within 24 hours on payment of usual charges.
Order Date :- 17.10.2024
