HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW WRIT - A No. - 13375 of 2025 Court No. - 5 HON'BLE ALOK MATHUR, J. 1. Heard Smt. Ruby Maurya, learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Standing Counsel for the respondents. 2. By means of present writ petition the petitioner has sought direction to the respondents to provide promotional pay scale to the petitioner from due date to the date of its actual payment and alongwith 18% interest. Further prayer has been made seeking direction to the respondents to consider and decide his application regarding the relief claimed by the petitioner therein. 3. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that petitioner was initially appointed on the post of Lekhpal in the Revenue Department on 02.09.1989 and has been superannuated from service on 30.09.2017. It is submitted that after retirement of the petitioner, the respondents have not paid promotional pay scale and other consequential benefits to the petitioner and in this regard the petitioner has moved an application on 24.03.2025 (Annexure - 2 to the writ petition) before the respondents, but till date neither his application has been decided nor promotional pay scale alongwith other consequential benefits have been paid. 4. After arguing the matter up to some length, it is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that grievance of petitioner shall be substantially redressed in case respondent no. 2 - District Magistrate, Shrawasti is directed to consider and decide petitioner's application dated 24.03.2025 Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Ruby Maurya Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C. Chhabilal .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Revenue U.P. Lko. And 2 Others .....Respondent(s) (Annexure - 2 to the writ petition), expeditiously. 5. Learned Standing Counsel has no objection in case respondent no. 2 is directed to consider and decide petitioner's application with expedition. 6. Accordingly, present writ petition is disposed of with direction to respondent no. 2 - District Magistrate, Shrawasti to consider and decide petitioner's application dated 24.03.2025 (Annexure - 2 to the writ petition), expeditiously, say within six months from the date of production of certified copy of this order, in accordance with law and communicate the order to the petitioner. November 18, 2025 A. Verma WRIA No. 13375 of 2025 2 (Alok Mathur,J.) Digitally signed by :- ANURAG VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench