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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN

BENCH AT JAIPUR

S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 17505/2025

Suresh Singh S/o Sh. Bakhtawar Singh, Aged About 61 Years,

R/o Plot No. 86, Poultry Farm, Jamdoli, Agra Road, Jaipur (Raj.)

----Petitioner

Versus

1. State Of Rajasthan, Through Principal Secretary,

Department Of Animal Husbandry Govt. Secretariat,

Rajasthan, Jaipur.

2. Director, Animal Husbandary, Near Nehru Place, Tonk

Road, Jaipur.

3. Additional Director (Health), Animal Husbandary

Department, Jaipur.

----Respondents

For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Arpit Srivastava

For Respondent(s) : Mr. Arun Kumar, Asstt. G.C. on behalf

of Ms. Minakshi Jain, G.C.

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANAND SHARMA

Order

15/05/2026

1. It is jointly submitted by learned counsels appearing for

both the parties that the controversy involved in this writ petition

is no more res-integra and has already been decided by the Co-

ordinate Bench of this Court in S.B. Civil Writ No.3424/2009

(R.S. Trivedi & Anr. Vs. State of Rajasthan & Ors.) decided

on 11.07.2018 and D.B. Special Appeal Writ No.919/2019

(Principal Secretary & Anr. Vs. R.S. Trivedi & Ors.) filed by

the State Government against the judgment of learned Single

Judge has also been dismissed by the Division Bench vide order

dated 05.10.2023 and further, Special Leave Petition preferred by

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the State before the Hon'ble Supreme Court has also been

dismissed by the Hon'ble Supreme Court vide order dated

01.09.2025 with directions to the State Government to comply

with the order passed by this Court.

2. This Court finds that in the judgment of R.S. Trivedi

(supra) following observations and directions were given by the

Co-ordinate Bench of this Court:

"From the factual matrix and materials available

on record it is not disputed that identically placed

employees of the erstwhile liquidated Rajasthan State

Sheep and Wool Marketing Federation Ltd., were

absorbed under Rules 1969, so also the petitioners,

and pensionary benefits have been accorded to them

(similarly placed employees), reckoning their entire

past service since their initial employment, including

with Rajasthan State Sheep and Wool Marketing

Federation Ltd; while such benefits have been declined

to the petitioners. No reason sustainable in law, has

been advanced so as to accept the stand of the

respondents in declining the claim of the petitioners.

Hence, the action of the State-respondents is not only

discriminatory but is also in violation of the mandate of

the Rules of 1969, for once the petitions were absorbed

under the Rules of 1969; they would be entitled to

benefit of length of entire period of service as

contemplated under Rule of 1969. Further, such a

course has been adopted in the case of identically

placed persons, who were declared surplus alongwith

the petitioners from the erstwhile Rajasthan State

Sheep and Wool Marketing Federation Ltd.

No other point was raised by the counsel for the parties

for consideration of this Court.

For the reasons and discussions aforesaid and in the

singular facts in the case at hand; the writ petition

merits acceptance and is hereby allowed.

In the result, the petitioners are also entitled to same

pensionary benefits as have been allowed to similarly

placed employees who too were declared surplus with

them and were absorbed under the Rules of 1969. The

arrears of pension of the petitioners shall be worked

out and paid to them alongwith interest @ 9% per

annum.

The State-respondents are directed to ensure

compliance of the order as expeditiously as possible;

preferably, within six weeks from the date a certified

copy of this order is presented."

3. In view of the consensus arrived at between the

learned counsels for both the parties, this Court deems it just and

proper to dispose of the present writ petition in the same terms

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