VRAT DEV PANDEY v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. ADDL. PRIN. SECY.. (REVENUE) U.P. LKO. AND ANOTHER
WRIA/1078/2025 · 2025-01-28
Alok Mathur
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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:5749 Court No. - 6 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 1078 of 2025 Petitioner :- Vrat Dev Pandey Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Prin. Secy.. (Revenue) U.P. Lko. And Another Counsel for Petitioner :- Raj Kumar Upadhyaya (R.K.Upadhyaya),Sonal Bajpai Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Alok Mathur,J.
1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the Standing counsel for the respondents.
2. By means of instant writ petition the petitioner has sought a direction to the opposite parties to provide 1st ACP in the grade pay of Rs.6600/- and IInd ACP in the grade pay of Rs.7600/- with effect from the date of his next similarly placed junior with all consequential benefit of arrears with interest and also to re- assess the pension fixation and provide arrears of difference of pension with interest.
3. It has been submitted that the petitioner was initially appointed on the post of Assistant Consolidation Officer on 20.4.1994 and retired from the post of Settlement Officer of Consolidation on 30.6.2019 on attaining the age of superannuation. It is submitted that despite serving more than 26 years of satisfactory services not even a single benefit of ACP has been provided to him. It is further submitted that the petitioner was not provided the aforesaid benefit of 1st ACP in the grade pay of Rs.6600/- and the benefits of IInd ACP in the grade pay of Rs.7600/- with effect from his juniors placed in similar circumstances despite the fact that his service record was satisfactory.
4. After arguing at some length, learned counsel for the petitioner has confined his prayer to the extent that respondent no.2 may be directed to consider and decide the representation of the petitioner in this regard within the time as this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper.
5. Learned Standing Counsel has no objection to the prayer made by learned counsel for the petitioner.
6. On the request of learned counsel for the petitioner and without entering into the merit of the case, the writ petition is
disposed of giving liberty to the petitioner to prefer a fresh
representation to the opposite party No.2 i.e. Consolidation Commissioner, U.P., Lucknow, ventilating his grievance taking all pleas and grounds which are available with him within a period of fifteen days from today and appropriate decision may be taken within a period of six weeks thereafter by speaking and reasoned order, strictly in accordance with law and decision so taken shall also be communicate to the petitioner. (Alok Mathur, J.)
Order Date :- 28.1.2025 RKM. Digitally signed by :- RAKESH KUMAR MAURYA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench