HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - A No. - 15514 of 2025 Court No. - 34 HON'BLE VIKAS BUDHWAR, J. 1. Heard Sri A.K. Tiwari, learned counsel for the writ petitioners and Sri Jitendra Prasad, learned Standing Counsel for the State. 2. The case of the writ petitioners is that the writ petitioners were appointed in Indian Army on 16.04.2002 and retired on 30.04.2019, petitioner no. 2 appointed on 22.07.1999, retired on 31.07.2019, petitioner no. 3 appointed on 05.01.2001, retired on 31.03.2018, petitioner no. 4 appointed on 16.04.2002 and retired on 30.04.2019 and petitioner no. 4 appointed on 02.08.2000 and retired on 30.09.2020. It is also the case of the writ petitioner that they were re-employed in in U.P. Prison on 07.09.2021, 13.09.2021, 15.09.2021, 18.09.2021 and 20.09.2021. The claim fo the writ petitioner is that the services undergone in the Army is to be counted in the U.P. Police Department. Reliance has been placed upon the decision in Writ-A No. 10689 of 2024 (Sita Ram Sharma and others Vs. State of U.P.) decided on 09.04.2025 and Deepak Kumar Singh and 2 others Vs. State of U.P. decided on 08.01.2025. 3. Prayer in the present petition is for a direction to consider the claim and to decide the representation. 4. Learned Standing Counsel submits that the claim of the writ petitioner to be examined at the first instance by Deputy Inspector General, Karagar Headquarter, U.P., Lucknow. 5. To such a submission, learned counsel for the writ petitioner has no objection. Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Arvind Kumar Tiwari Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C. Jw Awadesh Yadav And 4 Others .....Petitioner(s) The State Of U.P. And 8 Others .....Respondent(s) 6. Considering the submission so made across the bar, the writ petition stands disposed of directing the writ petitioners to submit a comprehensive representation along with self attested copy of the writ petition and certified copy of the order before the second respondent by 04.11.2025. Thereafter, the third respondent, Deputy Inspector General, Karagar Headquarter, U.P., Lucknow shall decide the claim of the writ petitioner within a period of three months. In case, the third respondent is of the opinion that the matter needs to be redress by some other authority then the papers be transmitted to it with due intimation to the writ petitioner to provide inputs if so required. 7. With the said observations, the writ petition stands disposed of. October 15, 2025 Rajesh WRIA No. 15514 of 2025 2 (Vikas Budhwar,J.) Digitally signed by :- RAJESH KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad