HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW WRIT - A No. - 10017 of 2025 Court No. - 18 HON'BLE SHREE PRAKASH SINGH, J. Heard Mr. O.P. Tiwari, learned counsel for the petitioners, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel for the State, Sri Ran Vijay Singh, learned counsel for the opposite party no. 2, Sri Abhinav Singh, learned counsel for the opposite parties no. 3 &4. Instant writ petition has been filed with the following prayers :- "(i) Issue a writ order or direction in the nature of mandamus thereby commanding and directing to the opposite parties to provide first increment to the petitioners from 01.01.2017. (ii) Issue a writ order or direction in the nature of mandamus thereby commanding and directing to the opposite parties to provide revise pay scale with arrears and interest @ 12% per annam for the delayed payment to the petitioners. (iii) Issue any other suitable order or direction which this Hon'ble Court may deem, fit, just and proper under the circumstances of the case in favour of the petitioners. (iv) Allow the writ petition of the petitioners with costs." Contention of learned counsel for the petitioners is that the petitioners have been appointed as Assistant Teachers in Basic Education Department and they have not been paid the first increment w.e.f. 01-01-2017, which goes against the government order dated 17-08-2009. He submits that the petitioners may be permitted to move a representation before the authority concerned and authority concerned may be directed to consider and decide the same within a stipulated period of time, as may be fixed by this court. Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : O.P. Tiwari Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., Abhinav Singh, Ran Vijay Singh Ambika Prasad Chaurasia And 171 Others .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Basic Edu. Lko. And 3 Others .....Respondent(s) Learned counsel appearing for the opposite parties have no objection to the contentions aforesaid. Be that as it may, without entering into the merits of the case,the petitioners are given liberty to move a representation, while raising all his claims and grounds for providing the first increment w.e.f. 01-01-2017 before the opposite party no. 3/District Basic Education Officer, District-Unnao within a period of 15 days form today and if such representation is moved within aforesaid period, the opposite party no. 3 is directed to consider and decide the same; considering the government order dated 17-08-2009, if applicable in the case of the petitioners, within further period of two months, in accordance with law. Needless to say that if there is any applicability of the Government Order dated 22.12.2016, the same may also be considered by him. With the aforesaid observations, the writ petition is hereby disposed of. November 20, 2025 Mayank WRIA No. 10017 of 2025 2 (Shree Prakash Singh,J.) Digitally signed by :- MAYANK PRATAP SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench