Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:11851 Court No. - 6 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 2251 of 2025 Petitioner :- Ram Pyar Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. And Another Counsel for Petitioner :- Rakesh Kumar Singh Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Alok Mathur,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for petitioners and learned State Counsel for opposite parties. 2. Petition has been filed seeking a direction to opposite parties to consider case of petitioner for granting of one annual increment on his being retiring on 31.12.2023. 3. Learned counsel has placed reliance on judgment rendered by this court in the case of P.P. Pandey versus State of U.P. and others, writ petition No. 18375 (S/S) of 2020 which has been followed by another coordinate Bench of this Court in the case of Nand Vijay Singh and others versus Union of India and other, Writ A No. 13299 of 2020 which has been quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in the case of The Director (Admn. and HR) KPTCL & others versus C.P. Mundinamani and others reported in 2023 Live Law (SC) 296. 4. Learned State Counsel also does not dispute the fact that petitioner is squarely covered by the aforesaid judgment. 5. Considering the said factors, a writ in the nature of Mandamus is issued commanding the opposite parties to grant benefit of judgment rendered by this Court in the case of P.P. Pandey (supra) with regard to grant of one annual increment to which he had become admissible on 1.1.2024. 6. Resultantly, the petition succeeds and is allowed at the admission stage itself. Parties to bear their own cost. (Alok Mathur, J.) Order Date :- 27.2.2025 RKM. Digitally signed by :- RAKESH KUMAR MAURYA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench