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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - A No. - 15043 of 2025 Court No. - 34 HON'BLE VIKAS BUDHWAR, J.
1. Heard Sri Arvind Kumar Dixit, learned counsel for the petitioner and Ms. Archana Tyagi, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel, who appears for Respondents. 2. The case of the writ petitioner is that the writ petitioner retired as a sub- inspector from U.P. Police Department on 31.12.2024 after rendering services from 01.06.1983 and as per the writ petitioner on the date of the retirement, the basic salary of the writ petitioner was Rs. 66,000/-, however, on 24.07.2025, an order came to be passed by the Finance Controller/ CAO, U.P. Police Headquarters, Lucknow, respondent no. 3 whereby the salary of the writ petitioner was shown to be Rs. 62,200/- on the basis whereof the pension of the writ petitioner was determined. 3. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that the aforesaid exercise is unilateral that too behind the back of the writ petitioner and the writ petitioner who has already represented before the respondents for rectification in this regard. 4. Prayer in the present writ petition is for quashing of the order dated 24.07.2025 and for re-determination of the pension strictly in accordance with the pay-scale last drawn by the writ petitioner on the eve of retirement. 5. Ms. Archana Tyagi, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel submits that the writ petitioner may press his representation and the authority shall consider the same. 6. Considering the submissions of the rival parties as well as stand taken by them, the writ petition is being disposed off without going into the merits granting liberty to the writ petitioner to prefer a comprehensive representation along with the self-attested copy of the writ petition before Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Arvind Kumar Dixit Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C. Ram Kishor .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. And 3 Others .....Respondent(s)
the second respondent, Police Commissioner Kanpur Nagar, District Kanpur Nagar, who shall on the receipt of the same by 17.10.2025, proceed to decide the claim of the petitioner strictly in accordance with law within a period of three months from the date of presentation of the certified copy of the order. 7. 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. 8. With the aforesaid observation, the writ petition is disposed off. 9. In case the second respondent is of the opinion that the matter is to be decided by some other authorities then the papers be transmitted to the same. October 7, 2025 A. Prajapati WRIA No. 15043 of 2025 2 (Vikas Budhwar,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHUTOSH KUMAR PRAJAPATI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad