HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW WRIT - A No. - 15126 of 2025 Court No. - 18 HON'BLE SHREE PRAKASH SINGH, J. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners, learned counsel for the State, Sri Ran Vijay Singh, learned counsel for the opposite parties no. 2 & 3, Sri Rishabh Tripathi, learned counsel for the opposite parties no. 4 & 5. Instant writ petition has been filed with the following main relief :- "(a) issue, a writ order or direction in the nature of MANDAMUS Commanding and directing the respondent authorities to provide first increment to the petitioners w.e.f., 01.01.2017 within stipulated period so fixed by this Hon'ble Court. " 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. 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 Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Sunil Kumar, Arun Kumar Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., Ran Vijay Singh, Rishabh Tripathi Kapil Deo Shukla And 30 Others .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Deptt. Basic Edu. Lko. And 4 Others .....Respondent(s) 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. 4/District Basic Education Officer, District-Balrampur within a period of 15 days form today and if such representation is moved within aforesaid period, the opposite party no. 4 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. With the aforesaid observations, the writ petition is hereby disposed of. December 19, 2025 AKS WRIA No. 15126 of 2025 2 (Shree Prakash Singh,J.) Digitally signed by :- ANUJ KRISHNA SRIVASTAVA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench