HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW WRIT - A No. - 12382 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 Prashant Kumar Singh, learned counsel for the opposite parties no. 4 & 5. Instant writ petition has been filed with the following main reliefs :- "(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. (b) issue, a writ order or direction in the nature of MANDAMUS Commanding and directing the respondent authorities to provide revise pay scale with arrears and interest @ 12% per year for the delayed payment to the petitioners." 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 petitioners Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Abhay Kumar Dixit Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., Prashant Kumar Singh, Ran Vijay Singh Shailendra Kumar Bharati And 17 Others .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Deptt. Of Basic Edu. Lko. And 4 Others .....Respondent(s) 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-Ambedkar Nagar 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. October 17, 2025 Mayank WRIA No. 12382 of 2025 2 (Shree Prakash Singh,J.) Digitally signed by :- MAYANK PRATAP SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench