HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - A No. - 14948 of 2025 Court No. - 34 HON'BLE VIKAS BUDHWAR, J. 1. Heard Sri Harsh Kumar Anand, learned counsel for the petitioners and Sri R.S. Umrao, learned Standing Counsel, who appears for State-respondents. 2. The case of the writ petitioner is that they appointed/ enrolled as Prantiya Rakshak Dal (PRD Jawans) in District Moradabad on various dates, chart whereof has been reproduced in para-3. According to them, their services stand covered under the provisions of Uttar Pradesh Prantiya Rakshak Dal/ Vikas Dal Act, 1948 and they seek remuneration and allowances at par with Grah Rakshak/ Home Guards in the light of the judgment in Grah Rakshak, Home Guards Wel. Asso. v. State of H.P. and Others; 2015 (6) SCC 247. 3. Learned Standing Counsel submits that the claim of the writ petitioner is to be examined at the first instance by the second respondent. 4. To such a submission, learned counsel for the petitioner has no objection and he gracefully accepts the same. 5. Considering the submissions of the rival parties as well as stand taken by them, the writ petition is being disposed off granting liberty to the writ petitioner to prefer a comprehensive representation along with the self- attested copy of the writ petition before the second respondent, Director General, Youth Welfare and Prantiya Rakshak Dal (P.R.D.), Lucknow, U.P. who shall on the receipt of the same by 07.11.2025, proceed to decide the claim of the petitioner strictly in accordance with law within a period of four months from the date of presentation of the certified copy of the order. In Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Gaurav Bishan, Harsh Kumar Anand, Saundraya Giri Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C. Aditya Kumar And 98 Others .....Petitioner(s) State of U.P. and Another .....Respondent(s) case the second respondent is of the opinion that the matter is to be decided by some other authorities then the papers shall be transmitted to the same with due communication to the writ petitioner. 6. Needless to point out that the writ petition has been decided without seeking any response from the respondents. Thus, passing of this order may not be construed to an expression that this Court has gone into the merits of the case. 7. With the aforesaid observation, the writ petition is disposed off. October 13, 2025 A. Prajapati WRIA No. 14948 of 2025 2 (Vikas Budhwar,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHUTOSH KUMAR PRAJAPATI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad