Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:14588 Court No. - 6 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 2719 of 2025 Petitioner :- Sonasar 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 petitioners 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 petitioners 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 petitioners have further prayed for a direction to opposite party No.2 to consider and decide the application by providing the benefit of Government Order dated 22.2.2023 issued by Chief Conservator of Forest and Head of Department 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), contained in Annexure No.7 to the writ petition. 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.5 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 petitioners. (Alok Mathur, J.) Order Date :- 10.3.2025 RKM. Digitally signed by :- RAKESH KUMAR MAURYA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench