Hon'ble Mahesh Chandra Tripathi,J.

Hon'ble Anish Kumar Gupta,J.

(Per : Mahesh Chandra Tripathi, J.)

1. Heard Sri Avneesh Tripathi, learned counsel for the appellant- petitioner and Sri Rohan Gupta, learned counsel for the opposite party nos.2 to 4.

2. Present Special Appeal has arisen from a judgment and order of the learned Single Judge dated 11th March, 2024 passed in Writ A No.19126 of 2023 (Ram Pratap Singh and another vs. Union of India and 3 others) by which the writ petition filed by the appellant-petitioner has been dismissed.

FACTS

3. The facts giving rise to this appeal in a nutshell are that the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur1 is an engineering institute. Initially, it was a society and subsequently, it was incorporated by the Central Government under the Institutes of Technology Act, 19612. Initially, the appellant-petitioner was appointed as a Junior Engineer (Trainee) in the pay scale of Rs.1400-2600 in IIT-Kanpur on April 27, 1988 on temporary and adhoc basis for a period of two years from the date of his joining and the said period was extended for a further period of six months vide Office order dated 10.05.1990. Subsequently, his pay scale of