HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - A No. - 9255 of 2019 Court No. - 34 HON'BLE VIKAS BUDHWAR, J. 1. Supplementary affidavit, filed today, is taken on record. 2. Sri S.K. Pal learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel submits that he does not propose to file any reply to the supplementary affidavit. 3. Heard Sri D.P. Singh, holding brief of Sri Umesh Kumar Vishwakarma, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri S.K. Pal learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel, who appears for State-respondents. 4. The case of the writ petitioner is that he was appointed as driver. However, with regard to the period from 21.07.2018 to 26.08.2018 for a period of 13 months, 7 days, the writ petitioner was not paid the salary, however, post the said period, the writ petitioner was paid salary and the writ petitioner was superannuated on 30.06.2024. 5. Prayer in the present petition is for a direction to the District Programme Officer, Bal Vikas, Jaunpur to take a decision with regard to the payment is to be made to the writ petitioner in the light of the communications dated 20.06.2020 of the Joint Director, Bal Vikash Seva Evam Pushtahar, U.P. at Lucknow. 6. Sri S.K. Pal learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel submits that there happens to be a recommendation to the District Programme Officer, Bal Vikas, Jaunpur as referred to above and thus the consious decision is to be taken as in case the writ petitioner has worked for the said period and he has Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Indra Dev, Ram Samujh Singh, Umesh Kumar Vishwakarma Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C. Panna Lal .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. And 4 Others .....Respondent(s) admissible and entitled for the same then the said benefits cannot be deprived of. He submits that the decision shall be taken by the District Programme Officer, Bal Vikas, Jaunpur. 7. To such a submission, learned counsel for the petitioner has no objection and he gracefully accepts the same. 8. Considering the submissions of the rival parties as well as stand taken by them, the writ petition is being disposed off requiring the District Programme Officer, Bal Vikas, Jaunpur to consider and decide the claim of the writ petitioner in the light of the recommendations so referred to above strictly in accordance with law within a period of two months from the date of presentation of the certified copy of the order. 9. Needless to point out that the writ petition has been decided without seeking any response from the respondents. Thus, passing of this order may not be construed to an expression that this Court has gone into the merits of the case. 10. With the aforesaid observation, the writ petition is disposed off. October 17, 2025 A. Prajapati WRIA No. 9255 of 2019 2 (Vikas Budhwar,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHUTOSH KUMAR PRAJAPATI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad