RAJENDRA SINGH Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND ORS.

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Petitioner, before this Court, seeks quashing of the letters dated 22.12.2000 (Annexure 18) issued by the Adviser, Agro Economic Research (A.E.R.) Division, Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, New Delhi, order dated 10th April, 2001 issued by the Finance Officer, University of Allahabad, Allahabad, and order dated 23.5.2012 issued by the Adviser, Agro Economic Research (A.E.R.) Division, Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, New Delhi.

(2.) Facts, in short, leading to the present writ petition are as follows:-

(3.) Challenging the order so passed, Shri Rakesh Pandey, counsel for the petitioner submitted before us that the University of Allahabad is bound by the Memorandum of Understanding with the Government of India dated 21.05.1996 as also by the resolution of the Executive Council dated 10.04.1996. It is submitted before this court that once the A.E.R.C. has been integrated with the University of Allahabad, the faculty members would be entitled to similar benefit pertaining to salary, leave etc. as are applicable to other employees of the University and they would also be entitled to post retiral dues at par which will include pension. It is submitted that from the correspondence, it is apparent that such benefit of parity has not been provided by the University to the petitioner only because a notification has not been published for the purpose by the ministry concerned of the Government of India.