Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:22044 Court No. - 3 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 4171 of 2025 Petitioner :- Ankur Singh Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Secy. Deptt. Basic Education Lko. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Shivam Pandey Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Rajesh Singh Chauhan,J. 1. Heard Sri Seemant Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner and Dr. Udai Veer Singh, learned Addl. Chief Standing Counsel for the State-opposite parties no.1 & 2. 2. In view of the proposed order, notices to opposite parties no.3 & 4 are hereby dispensed with. 3. By means of this petition, the petitioner has prayed following main reliefs:- "(a) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of Mandamus directing the District Basic Education Officer, Hardoi to ensure the benefit of First Assured Career Progression (ACP) to the petitioner, while working on the post of Clerk in Ram Junior High School, Mahatma Gandhi Marg, District Hardoi with effect from 20.05.2023 from the date when petitioner became eligible for the grant of First Assured Career Progression (ACP) on account of having completed 10 years of service from the date of his joining i.e., 19.05.2012. (b) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of Mandamus directing the respondents to also grant the yearly bonus of Rs. 6908/- for the year 2022-2023 while working on the post of Clerk in Ram Junior High School, Mahatma Gandhi Marg, District Hardoi." 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that for redressal of the aforesaid grievance, the petitioner has preferred representation to the competent authority, but to no avail. Learned counsel for the petitioner has also submitted that the petitioner may be permitted to prefer a fresh representation before opposite party no.2 and this Court may direct opposite party no.2 to pass appropriate order strictly in accordance with law. 5. Learned counsel for the opposite parties has no objection if direction for disposal of the representation is issued. 6. Therefore, without entering into merits of the issue, the petitioner is permitted to prefer a fresh representation to opposite party no.2 i.e. District Basic Education Officer, Hardoi taking all pleas and grounds, which are necessary for disposal of the representation and also enclosing the earlier representation, if any, alongwith certified copy of this order within a period of fifteen days from today. If such representation is preferred by the petitioner within the aforesaid stipulated time, the authority concerned shall consider and dispose of the aforesaid representation of the petitioner by speaking and reasoned order, strictly in accordance with law, with expedition, say within a period of two months from the date of receipt of the representation and thereafter communicate the decision thereof to the petitioner forthwith. 7. It is needless to say that if the benefits prayed in the writ petition may be given to the petitioner, the appropriate decision thereon may be taken by the authority concerned within the aforesaid stipulated time. 8. With the aforesaid direction, the writ petition is disposed of finally. [Rajesh Singh Chauhan,J.] Order Date :- 18.4.2025 RBS/- Digitally signed by :- RAM BIR SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench