2024 Supreme(SC) 605
HRISHIKESH ROY, PRASHANT KUMAR MISHRA
UP Roadways Retired Officials And Officers Association – Appellant
Versus
State of U. P. – Respondent
Advocates appeared:
For the Appellant(s) : Mr. Rakesh Khanna, Sr. Adv. Mr. S.N.Pandey, Adv. Dr. Rashmi Khanna, Adv. Mr. Aditya Pushkar Khanna, Adv. Ms. Ramya Khanna, Adv. Dr. Vikash Pahal, Adv. Ms. Somya Pandey, Adv. Ms. Deep Aishwarya, Adv. Mr. Chander Shekhar Ashri, AOR Mr. U.K. Uniyal, Sr. Adv. Mr. Dinesh Kumar Garg, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Garg, Adv. Mr. Dhananjay Garg, AOR Mr. Chanakya Gupta, Adv. Mr. R.P. Bansal, Adv. Mr. Tanuj Gulati, Adv. Mr. Gaurav Choudhary, Adv. Ms. Anu Kushwaha, Adv. Mr. Ghanshyam Choudhary, Adv. Mr. Choudhary Shamshuddin, Adv. Mr. B. K. Pal, AOR Mr. Vivek Gupta, AOR Mr. Ayush Negi, Adv. Ms. Vishakha Upadhyaya, Adv. Mr. Ankur Yadav, AOR Mr. P.K. Singh, Adv. Mr. Ram Shiromani Yadav, Adv. Ms. Dharamsheela, Adv. Mr. Vijay Pal, Adv. Mr. Mahendra Singh, Adv. Mr. Kajal Kumari, Adv. Ms. Nisha Rani, Adv. Ms. Sundri, Adv. Mr. Rajvir singh, Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar Chawla, Adv. Mr. Jamshed Bey, Adv. Mr. Tejasvi Kumar, Adv. Mr. Syed Sarfaraz Karim, Adv. Mrs. Renu Bhandari, Adv. Mr. Mudit Talesara, Adv. Mr. Ajay Kumar Talesara, AOR Mr. Bhaskar Y. Kulkarni, AOR Mr. Ashish Kumar Upadhyay, AOR Mr. Anurag Dubey, Adv. Ms. Anu Sawhney, Adv. Mr. Meenesh Dubey, Adv. Ms. Maitri Goal, Adv. Dr. Satpal Wadhwa, Adv. Mr. Bhupendra Kumar Bhardwaj, Adv. Ms. Divya Bhardwaj, Adv. Mr. Ashish Kumar Upadhyay, Adv. Ms. Garima Prashad, Sr. Adv. Mr. Nishit Agrawal, AOR Ms. Kanishka Mittal, Adv. Ms. Vanya Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Shadab Khan, Adv. Mr. Shrey Kapoor, Adv. Ms. Upasna Agrawal, Adv. Ms. Nidhi Singh, Adv.
For the Respondent(s): Mr. Rakesh Khanna, Sr. Adv. Mr. S.N. pandey, Adv. Dr. Rashmi Khanna, Adv. Mr. Aditya Pushkal Khanna, Adv. Ms. Ramya Khanna, Adv. Dr. Vikas Pahal, Adv. Ms. Somya Pendey, Adv. Mr. Chander Shekhar Ashri, AOR Mr. Manan Verma, AOR Mr. Ravindra S. Garia, AOR Mr. R B Singh, Adv. Mr. Sunil Singh, Adv. Mr. Shashank Singh, Adv. Mrs. Rachna Gandhi, Adv. Mr. Madan Chandra Karnatak, Adv. Mr. Rakesh Khanna, Sr. Adv. Mr. Rakesh Khanna, Sr. Adv. Mr. S N Pandey, Adv. Mr. Naveen Kumar Tripathi, Adv. Mr. Naveen Kumar Tripathi, Adv. Mr. Aditya Pushkal Khanna, Adv. Mr. Aditya Pushkal Khanna, Adv. Mr. Vikas Pahal, Adv. Ms. Soumya Pandey, Adv. Ms. Soumya Pandey, Adv. Ms. Saroj Tripathi, AOR Mr. Dhruv Surana, Adv. Mr. Arya Hardik, Adv. Mr. Rohit Amit Sthalekar, AOR Ms. Garima Prashad, Sr. Adv. Mr. Nishit Agrawal, AOR Ms. Kanishka Mittal, Adv. Ms. Vanya Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Shadab Khan, Adv. Mr. Shrey Kapoor, Adv. Ms. Upasna Agrawal, Adv. Ms. Nidhi Singh, Adv. Mr. Pradeep Misra, AOR Mr. B.K. Mishra, Sr. Adv. Mr. Mahipal Singh, Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar Chawla, Adv. Ms. Divya Mishra, Adv. Mr. Anshuman Mishra, Adv. Mr. Garvit Singh, Adv. Mr. Kamlendra Mishra, AOR
JUDGMENT :
Prashant Kumar Mishra, J.
Delay condoned in filing SLP(C) Diary No. 10240 of 2020 and leave granted.
2. Abatement is set aside and applications for substitution are allowed. Application(s) for intervention is allowed.
3. By this common judgment a batch of civil appeals arising out of the common order passed by the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad in different writ applications and special appeals is disposed of.
4. Civil Appeal No. 894 of 2020 preferred by UP Roadways Retired Officials and Officers Association is taken as the lead case.
CIVIL APPEAL NO. 894 OF 2020
5. In this civil appeal challenge is to the common order dated 24.11.2016 passed by the High Court in Special Appeal No. 685 of 2014 and other connected matters which in turn arose out of common order passed by the learned Single Judge of the High Court on 07.07.2014 in Writ Application No. 63469 of 2012 (Suresh Chandra vs. State of U.P. through Secretary & Ors.) and 51 connected writ applications. The learned Single Judge as well as the Division Bench, under the impugned judgment have dismissed the special appeals and writ applications holding that the appellants/petitioners do not hold the pensionable post and
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