Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:14489 Court No. - 6 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 2753 of 2025 Petitioner :- Ravi Kumar Bhatt Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. Of Forest Lko. And 5 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Hanumant Lal Yadav Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Alok Mathur,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Standing Counsel for the State respondents. 2. Present writ petition has been filed for issuing a direction to the respondent no. 5-Divisional Forest Officer, Social Forestry Division, Sultanpur to forthwith grant the minimum of the pay- scale of Rs. 18,000/- as per 7th Pay Commission alongwith arrears since March, 2018 in terms of the judgment and order dated 17.11.2018 passed by this Court in Writ A No. 11964 of 2018 (Mohan Swaroop and Another Vs. State of U.P. and others). 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner was initially appointed on the post of Class-IV post in 2018 and he has continuously been functioning on the said post. After coming of 7th Pay Commission, the petitioner has made representation dated 12.09.2024 before respondent no. 5 for grant of minimum of pay scale of Rs. 18000/- as per 7th Pay Commission but no decision has been taken by the respondent no. 5 and the matter is still pending. 4. After arguing at some length, learned counsel for the petitioner has confined his prayer to the extent that respondent no. 5 may be directed to consider and decide the representation of the petitioner mentioned hereinabove 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 with liberty to the petitioner to move a fresh representation within two weeks from today before respondent no. 5, who shall consider and decide the same within six weeks thereafter by a speaking and reasoned order in accordance with law law and keeping in view the judgment and order dated 17.11.2018 passed by this Court in the case of Mohan Swaroop (supra) and communicate the decision to the petitioner. . (Alok Mathur, J.) Order Date :- 10.3.2025 Virendra Digitally signed by :- VIRENDRA KUMAR GUPTA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench