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2025 DAILYLAW 164997 (ALL)

VINOD KUMAR PANDEY AND 5 OTHERS v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. ADDL.CHIEF SECY. (FOREST) LKO. AND 2 OTHERS

WRIA/10905/2025 · 2025-09-17

Manish Mathur

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW WRIT - A No. - 10905 of 2025 Court No. - 8 HON'BLE MANISH MATHUR, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for petitioners, learned State Counsel for opposite parties. 2. This writ petition has been filed with the following main reliefs: " Issue a writ , order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding and directing the opposite parties to consider and provide Grade Pay Rs. 4800.00 under 2nd ACP after completion of 16 years of regular satisfactory service and Grade Pay Rs. 5400.00, Pay Band-3 (Rs. 15,600-39,100) under IIIrd ACP after 26 years of regular satisfactory service to the petitioners from the date it has fallen due as per the revised system by the Government with all consequential service benefits including arrears of difference of Grade pay etc. alongwith 18% interest, instead of Rs. 4600.00 and Rs. 4800 which is being paid to them. ii. Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding and directing the opposite parties to provide accordingly post retiral dues and pay the arrears of the same with 18% interest to the petitioner." 3. Since consideration of petitioners' grievance would entail factual aspects, liberty is granted to petitioners to submit a fresh individual representation before the opposite party no. 3-Principal Chief Conservator of Forest & Head of Department, Uttar Pradesh or any other competent authority, who Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Ashutosh Kumar Srivastava, Ram Prakash Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C. Vinod Kumar Pandey And 5 Others .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Addl.Chief Secy. (Forest) Lko. And 2 Others .....Respondent(s) shall consider and decide the same expeditiously within a period of eight weeks from the date of production of a certified copy of this order is served to opposite party no. 3. 4. With the aforesaid observations/directions, petition stands disposed of. September 17, 2025 AKK WRIA No. 10905 of 2025 2 (Manish Mathur,J.) Digitally signed by :- AMIT KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench