VIPIN SANGHI, ALOK KUMAR VERMA
Rajendra Kumar – Appellant
Versus
State of Uttarakhand – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Alok Kumar Verma, J.
By means of this writ petition, filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, petitioner has assailed the judgment dated 07.01.2022, passed by learned Uttarakhand Public Services Tribunal, at Dehradun (in short, “the Tribunal”) in Claim Petition No.18/DB/2001, titled, “Rajendra Kumar vs. State of Uttarakhand and Others”, by which the said Claim Petition has been dismissed as barred by limitation.
2. Brief facts of the case are that the petitioner was appointed as Class IV employee on 02.08.1989 in Trade Tax Department, Uttar Pradesh. After creation of State of Uttarakhand, he had given his option for the State of Uttar Pradesh cadre. On 23.10.2001, the list of employees, allotted to the State of Uttarakhand cadre, was released. The petitioner’s name was not included in the said list. In the month of March, 2003, petitioner sent his application for changing his State cadre from Uttar Pradesh, to State of Uttarakhand.
3. In the State of Uttarakhand, DPC was conducted for promotion of the employees of Class IV to Class III for the year 2004-2005. Vide letter No.836, dated 09.11.2006, the State of Uttar Pradesh transferred the service of the petition
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The court emphasized the importance of adhering to statutory limitation periods and upheld the dismissal of the claim petition based on the statutory obligation under Section 5(1)(b) of the Act.
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