AJIT KUMAR
Rajendra Prakash Vyas – Appellant
Versus
State of U. P. – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
1. Heard Sri Ashok Khare, learned Senior Advocate assisted by Sri O.P. Tripathi and Sri Adarsh Singh, learned counsel for petitioners, P.K. Ganguly, learned counsel for the University and Sri P.K. Srivastava, learned Standing Counsel for the State and perused the records.
2. This bunch of writ petitions contains as many as nine writ petitions, however, looking to the facts involved in the cases, the Court is of the view that these petitions are segregated in two different bunches.
3. Accordingly, the connected matters in Writ A No.10622 of 2022 being Writ A No.21548 of 2022, 21585 of 2022, 21223 of 2022 and 2932 of 2023 are now segregated and are directed to be listed with Writ A No.19750 of 2022 as separated bunch of cases, on 11.09.2023.
4. Now, the Court proceeds to decide writ petitions being Writ A Nos.10622 of 2022, 11289 of 2022, 13767 of 2022 and 21022 of 2022 as they involve more or less similar facts.
5. The petition being Writ A no.10622 of 2022 is taken to be leading petition.
6. All these petitioners claim to be enjoying faculty position in Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur, namely, respondent no.2 and hence, are aggrieved by th
The court established that a Senior Research Officer is classified as a Teacher under the university's statutes, entitled to benefits of extended service age.
The court established that the definition of 'Teacher' under the Uttar Pradesh University Act includes the petitioner, entitling him to retirement benefits at 65 years.
Person appointed as visiting professor on honorary basis, could not claim the financial benefits of the salaried employee of the University as a Lecturer or other teachers of the University.
The amended definition of 'teacher' in the Uttar Pradesh State Agricultural Universities Act, 1958 operates prospectively, allowing petitioners employed in Krishi Vigyan Kendras to retire at 62 years....
Person appointed as visiting professor on honorary basis, could not claim the financial benefits of the salaried employee of the University as a Lecturer or other teachers of the University.
The definition of 'Teacher' under the U.P. Krishi Evam Prodyogik Vishwavidyalaya Adhiniyam, 1958, encompasses roles involved in research and extension, qualifying the petitioner for retirement benefi....
The main legal point established in the judgment is the binding nature of previous court decisions in similar cases, the finality of decisions made by the Hon’ble Division Bench and Co-ordinate Bench....
The definition of 'Teacher' under the U.P. Act includes those recognized as such, entitling them to superannuation benefits.
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