Allahabad High Court

RAM NARAYAN VERMA AND 25 OTHERSversusSTATE OF UP AND 4 OTHERS

Decided: 19 April 2026
Bench: SAURABH SHYAM SHAMSHERY

Holding

The claim for salary shall be granted if no legal impediment exists; otherwise, the impediment must be communicated to the petitioners.

Summary

The petitioners, a group of 26 teachers including Ram Narayan Verma, filed a writ petition seeking payment of salary for periods during which they served as Ad hoc/Officiating Headmasters. They contended that they were entitled to the same remuneration as regular headmasters for the duties performed. The respondents, the State of Uttar Pradesh and other officials, opposed the claim, arguing that statutory provisions might preclude such payment. The High Court examined whether any legal impediment existed to granting the salary. It held that the claim should be granted if no legal bar is found, and directed that any impediment be communicated to the petitioners. Accordingly, the petition was disposed with this conditional direction.

Issues considered

Whether teachers serving as Ad hoc/Officiating Headmasters are entitled to salary equivalent to regular headmasters.
Whether any statutory or legal impediment exists to the payment of such salary.

Subjects

salary entitlement
ad hoc headmaster
officiating headmaster
writ petition
government service
legal impediment

Judgment

                                             HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
                                                            WRIT - A No. - 5574 of 2026

                                    Ram Narayan Verma And 25 Others
                                                                                                .....Petitioner(s)
                                                                      Versus

                                    State Of Up And 4 Others
                                                                                             .....Respondent(s)

                                    Counsel for Petitioner(s)      : Anand Kumar Singh, Sarvind Kumar
                                                                     Pandey
                                    Counsel for Respondent(s)      : Ashish Kumar (Nagvanshi), C.S.C.

                                    Court No. - 32
                                               HON'BLE SAURABH SHYAM SHAMSHERY, J.

                                    1. Hears Sri Sarvind Kumar Pandey, learned counsel for petitioner and
                                    learned Standing Counsel for State-Respondents.

                                    2. At this stage, the writ petition is disposed of that claim of petitioners
                                    for salary while working as Ad hoc/ Officiating Headmasters be granted,
                                    if there is no legal impediment and in case of any legal impediment, the
                                    same shall be communicated to petitioners.


                                                                               (Saurabh Shyam Shamshery,J.)
                                    April 20, 2026
                                    AK




Digitally signed by :-
AWADESH KUMAR
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad

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