Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:14108 Court No. - 6 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 2673 of 2025 Petitioner :- Ramesh @ Ramesh Chandra @ Ramesh Kumar Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Forest Deptt. Lko. And Another Counsel for Petitioner :- Prem Chandra Chauhan,Kashi Ram 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 the present writ petition the petitioner has prayed for a direction to the opposite parties to pay minimum of the pay scale to the petitioner as has been given to similarly situated person namely Pawan Kumar Singh vide order dated 16.1.2023 till their regularization on Group 'D' posts. The petitioner has further prayed for a direction to opposite party No.2 to consider and decide the application dated 6.1.2025 by providing the benefit of Government Order dated 24.9.2024 issued by State Government in view of the law laid down by Honorable Supreme Court in the case of Sabha Shankar Dube Vs. Divisional Forest Officer and others (Civil Appeal Nos. 10957 - 10963 of 2018). 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner has limited his prayer for direction to opposite party No. 2 to consider and decide the representation as above, to which learned Standing Counsel has not filed any objection. 4. Accordingly, the petition is disposed of with a direction to opposite party No.2 i.e. Divisional Director of Forests, Social Forestry Division, Sitapur to consider and decide petitioner's representation dated 06.1.2025, as contained in Annexure No.6 to the writ petition expeditiously, preferably within a period of six weeks from the date a certified copy of this order is placed before him, by passing a reasoned and speaking order, in accordance with law and communicate the decision to the petitioner. . (Alok Mathur, J.) Order Date :- 7.3.2025 AKK Digitally signed by :- AMIT KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench