Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:48671 Court No. - 4 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 9202 of 2025 Petitioner :- Gaurav Mishra And 9 Others Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Election Anubhag Lko. And 5 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Piyush Mishra Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Abdul Moin,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and Sri Saharsh, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel for respondents no.1. 2. At the very outset Sri Saharsh, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel, informs that notice for respondents no.2 and 3 has also been accepted by the State. 3. No notice be issued to respondents no.4 to 6 taking into consideration the nature of order proposed to be passed. 4. With the consent of learned counsels for the parties, the matter is being decided finally. 5. The contention of learned counsel for the petitioners is that the petitioners are working on outsourcing contractual basis as Data Entry Operator. The Chief Election Officer, U.P. vide his order dated 29.12.2023, a copy of which is Annexure-12 to the petition, had revised the honorarium payable to Data Entry Operators. 6. Now the agency in which the petitioners are working has required the respondent no.2 i.e. the Chief Election Officer vide order letter dated 14.07.2025, a copy of which is Annexure-1 to the petition, to make available the finance in order to make the payment at higher rates of honorarium yet no decision has been taken by respondent no.2 till date. 7. Considering that now the matter is pending at the end of respondent no.2 as such the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to respondent no.2 to take a final decision in the matter considering the letter dated 14.07.2025 as sent by the NIELIT in accordance with law and relevant rules which decision would be taken within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of certified copy of this order. 8. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. Order Date :- 20.8.2025 A. Katiyar Digitally signed by :- AMIT KATIYAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench