DAYA KISHAN HARBOLA v. PRINCIPAL CHIEF CONSERVATOR OF FOREST
Court: High Court of Uttarakhand
Bench: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ KUMAR TIWARI
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Case summary
High Court of Uttarakhand judgment dated 2025-11-18. DAYA KISHAN HARBOLA v. PRINCIPAL CHIEF CONSERVATOR OF FOREST. Read the judgment and case details on...
Judgment text
2025:UHC:10201 Of f i ce N o t e s, r e p o r t s, o r d e r s SL. o r p r o ce e d i n g s D a t e COURT’ S OR JUD GE’ S ORD ERS N o . o r d i r e ct i o n s a n d Re g i st r a r ’ s o r d e r w i t h Si g n a t u r e s W PSS/ 1 8 8 3 / 2 0 2 5 H o n ’ b l e M a n o j K u m a r Ti w a r i , J. Mr. Jai Krishna Pandey, Advocat e for t he pet it ioner. 2. Mr. Raj eev Singh Bisht , Addit ional Chief St anding Counsel for t he St at e of Ut t arakhand. 3. According t o t he pet it ioner, he was appoint ed as m em ber of Quick Response Team const it ut ed by Chief Proj ect Direct or, Ut t arakhand Forest Resource Managem ent Proj ect in t he year 2019 and he is serving as such ever since t hen t o t he sat isfact ion of all concerned.
The grievance raised by t he pet it ioner is t hat his rem unerat ion has been wit hheld for cert ain period wit hout any valid reason or j ust ificat ion and when pet it ioner m ade request t o release his wit hheld rem unerat ion, t hen he was discont inued. 4.
By m eans of t his writ pet it ion, pet it ioner has sought t he following reliefs: - “ ( i) I ssue a writ , order, or direct ion in t he nat ure of m andam us, direct ing t he respondent s t o release and pay all out st anding dues and arrears of honorarium payable t o t he pet it ioner, along wit h any ot her consequent ial benefit s legally accruing t o him ; ( ii) I ssue a writ , order, or direct ion in t he nat ure of m andam us, com m anding t he respondent s t o consider t he pet it ioner for cont inuat ion/ appoint m ent t o t he post of Mem ber, Wildlife Quick Response Team ( QRT) under t he Ut t arakhand Forest Resource Managem ent Proj ect ( JI CA) , in view of his past service record, experience, and cont inued necessit y of his role” . 5. Learned St at e Counsel was asked t o get inst ruct ions.
On inst ruct ions, he subm it s t hat t he Quick Response Team , in which pet it ioner was engaged was funded by Japan I nt ernat ional Cooperat ive Agency ( JI CA) , 2025:UHC:10201 however, aft er March, 2023, t he fund provided by JI CA dried- up and pet it ioner was t hereaft er engaged under a St at e Sect or Schem e, nam ely Hum an Anim al Conflict and Guj j ar Rehabilit at ion Schem e and pet it ioner served in t he said schem e t ill February, 2025; since budget under t he said Schem e also dried- up aft er February, 2025, t herefore, pet it ioner was not cont inued any furt her. He, however, subm it s t hat as per his inst ruct ions, t he rem unerat ion due t o t he pet it ioner, has been paid. 6. Pet it ioner has relied upon a cont ract execut ed bet ween Forest Range Officer Chhah Khat a Range and pet it ioner and in para 6 t hereof t he rem unerat ion payable t o him is specified as Rs. 25,000/ - per m ont h and in para 5.
1, it is m ent ioned t hat t he cont ract was init ially for a period of 12 m ont hs up t o 31. 03. 2025, which m ay be renewed. 7. Since pet it ioner has cont ended t hat rem unerat ion for t he work done by him has not been released, t herefore, t he writ pet it ion is disposed of by perm it t ing pet it ioner t o approach t he Divisional Forest Officer concerned for paym ent of his pending dues. Pet it ioner shall also be at libert y t o seek re-engagem ent by approaching t he Divisional Forest Officer concerned. I f pet it ioner m akes represent at ion wit hin t wo weeks from t oday, decision t hereupon shall be t aken by t he DFO concerned, as per law, wit hin six weeks t hereaft er. ( M a n o j K u m a r Ti w a r i , J. ) 18. 11. 2025 Navin Digitally signed by NAVEEN CHANDRADN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, ou=HIGH NAVEEN COURT OF UTTARAKHAND,2. 5. 4.
20=3be23325146e76a0642bdf4943fb9046f487df 006da82a131bb4e4403d3c0a15, postalCode=263001,st=UTTARAKHAND, serialNumber=18167EEFB5CA8CFFD421A103819DA87 CHANDRA 5643AF56D653D095C6ED9A86DAAB21CE5,cn=NAVEEN CHANDRA Date: 2025. 11. 18 17:39:08 +05'30'
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