Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:1275 Court No. - 6 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 141 of 2025 Petitioner :- Shashi Kant Singh Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy./ Prin. Secy. Minor Irrigation Deptt. Lko. And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Ashwani Kumar,Abhishek Yadav Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Alok Mathur,J. 1. Heard Sri Kapil Deo, learned Senior Advocate holding brief of Sri Abhishek Yadav, learned counsel for petitioner as well as learned Standing Counsel for respondents. 2. It has been submitted by learned counsel for petitioner that petitioner was initially appointed as Diploma Apprenticeship in Minor Irrigation Department under the Apprentices Act, 1961 and was subsequently posted as a Junior Engineer by order dated 18.10.1995 on a consolidated salary of Rs. 2000/- per month. The services of the petitioner were duly regularised on 31.12.2018 on the post of Junior Engineer. 3. The grievance of the petitioner in the present writ petition is that the respondents should have regularised the services of the petitioner from 01.01.2002 when similarly situated persons were also regularised. It has further been stated that this aspect of the matter has been duly considered by the Division Bench of this Court in the case of State of U.P. and others Vs. Raj Bahadur Pastor ( Special Appeal No. 21 of 2022) where the date of regularisation were directed to be considered in any event prior to regular appointment made in the permanent or temporary vacancy. 4. After arguing the matter at some length, learned Senior counsel appearing on behalf of petitioner submits that the grievance of the petitioner shall be substantially redressed in case respondent No. 2 is directed to consider and decide the representation of the petitioner dated 08.10.2024 (Annexure No. 9 to the writ petition) taking into consideration the judgment passed in the case of State of U.P. and others Vs. Raj Bahadur Pastor ( Special Appeal No. 21 of 2022) in a time bound manner. 5. Learned Standing Counsel on the other hand opposed the writ petition but could not dispute the aforesaid facts. 6. Accordingly, without entering into merits of the case the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to respondent No. 2 to consider and decide the representation of the petitioner dated 08.10.2024 (Annexure No. 9 to the writ petition) taking into consideration the judgment passed in the case of State of U.P. and others Vs. Raj Bahadur Pastor ( Special Appeal No. 21 of 2022) expeditiously, say, within a period of six weeks from the date a certified copy of this order is produced before him. (Alok Mathur, J.) Order Date :- 8.1.2025/Ravi/ Digitally signed by :- RAVI SHANKAR SRIVASTAV High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench