HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW WRIT - A No. - 14379 of 2025 Court No. - 18 HON'BLE SHREE PRAKASH SINGH, J. Since the matter is being decided at the admission stage, issuance of notice to opposite party no. 3 is hereby dispensed with. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, Dr. Udai Veer Singh, learned Addtional Chief Standing Counsel for the State and perused the record. Instant writ petition has been filed with the following main reliefs :- "I-Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus, commanding the opposite party no.2 to give the benefit of selection grade to the petitoiner with effect from 27-05-2023 on the basis of the Government order dated 20-12- 2001 which is contained as Annexure No. 16 to the writ petition, because all similarly situated Assistant Teacher of same selection have been given the benefit of selection grade from August of 2023. II- Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus, commanding the opposite party no.2 to give the arrears of selection grade with effect from 23- 05-2023, with 12% interest per annum". Contention put forth by the learned counsel for the petitioner is that the other similarly situated employees of the department have been paid the selection grade and the petitioner has been deprived of the same benefit without any rhyme and reason. After arguing at some length, learned counsel for the petitioner Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Ramesh Kumar Srivastava Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C. Manpreet Kaur .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. Of Secondary Edu. Lko. And 2 Others .....Respondent(s) submits that the interest of justice would be sub-served if this Hon'ble Court may be pleased to give liberty to the petitioner to move a fresh representation before the opposite party no. 2/District Inspector of Schools,Lucknow and the opposite party no. 2 may be directed to consider and decide the same within the stipulated period of time, as may be fixed by this court. Learned counsel appearing for the State has no objection to the contentions aforesaid. Be that as it may, without entering into the merits of the case,the petitioner is given liberty to move a fresh representation, while raising all his claims and grounds before the opposite party no. 2/ District Inspector of Schools,Lucknow within the period of 15 days form today and if such representation is moved within aforesaid period, the opposite party no. 2 is directed to consider and decide the same within further period of six weeks, in accordance with law. With the aforesaid observations, the writ petition is hereby disposed of. December 12, 2025 AKS WRIA No. 14379 of 2025 2 (Shree Prakash Singh,J.) Digitally signed by :- ANUJ KRISHNA SRIVASTAVA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench