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| HC dismisses writ of meter readers for relief in pay scale | | |
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Apr 5: Justice Ali Mohd Magrey while dismissing the petition filed by Meter Readers who approached the Court after 18 years for relief in pay scale, observed that Court is required to weigh the explanation offered and the acceptability of the same.
The Court should bear in mind that it is exercising an extraordinary and equitable jurisdiction and that, as a constitutional Court, it has a duty to protect the rights of the citizens, but simultaneously, it is to keep itself alive to the primary principle that when an aggrieved person, without adequate reason, approaches the Court at his own leisure or pleasure, the Court would be under legal obligation to scrutinize whether the lis, at a belated stage, should be entertained or not.
Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey further observed that be it noted, delay comes in the way of equity. In certain circumstances, delay and laches may not be fatal, but in most circumstances, inordinate delay would only invite disaster for the litigant who knocks at the doors of the court.
In the petition The petitioners have sought that the respondents be directed to pay the petitioners the pay and grade attached to the post of Meter Reader (Executive) in the pay scale of Rs.220-430 (pre-revised) from the date they have been promoted as Meter Reader (Executive cadre) with all consequential benefits and give the similar treatment to the petitioners as well as has been accorded in the case of writ petitioners in SWP no. 2455/2001 titled Subash Chander and others v/s State and others. |
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