Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:27299 Court No. - 18 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 5168 of 2025 Petitioner :- Arvind Pandey Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Its Prin. Secy./Addl. Chief Secy. Ayush Deptt. Lko. And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Lalendra Pratap Singh Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Karunesh Singh Pawar,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for petitioner and learned State Counsel for opposite parties. 2. Petition has been filed seeking a direction to opposite parties to provide consequential service benefits including 3rd ACP to petitioner with effect from year 2017 counting his services from 1991 in light of an order passed by competent authority themselves granting substantive appointment to petitioner from 1994. 3. It has been submitted that similar benefits have already been granted to other similarly situated persons in the department while depriving petitioners of the said benefit. 4. For the said grievance, petitioner has already submitted a representation but seek liberty to file a fresh representation before the authority concerned. At present, learned counsel for petitioner restricts prayer with regard to final decision on the same. 5. Considering the innocuous prayer, without entering into merits, liberty is granted to petitioner to file fresh representation before opposite party no.2 i.e. Director Ayurvedic Services, Indira Bhawan, U.P., Lucknow who shall consider and decide the same within a period of eight weeks from the date a certified copy of this order is produced before the said authority along with fresh representation in the light of benefit already granted to similarly situated employees in case petitioner is also entitled for the same. 6. With aforesaid observations and directions, the petition is finally disposed of. Order Date :- 9.5.2025 Saurabh Yadav/- Digitally signed by :- SAURABH YADAV High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench