Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:49742 Court No. - 7 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 2789 of 2025 Petitioner :- Sushil Kumar Sharma And 140 Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Shivendra Kumar Gupta Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Vikram D. Chauhan,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned Standing Counsel for the respondent - State. 2. The present writ petition has been filed with the following prayers :- "A. Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of Mandamus directing to the respondent-authorities to take into consideration the service period spent by the petitioners, while undergoing training before they were appointed as Constable for calculating 19 years of service for granting one additional increment according to the Circular dated 08.11.1965 and Government order dated 02.12.2000. B. Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of Mandamus Commanding the respondent authorities to provide one additional increment after completion of the 19 years service to the petitioners according to the Government order dated 02.12.2000." 3. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioners are entitled for counting of service by including the period undergone in training for granting one additional increment to the petitioners. In this respect, the petitioners have filed a representation dated 10.1.2025, however, till date no order has been passed. Learned counsel for the petitioners further submits that the present matter is governed by order passed by the co-ordinate Bench of this Court in Writ-A No. 44330 of 2012 (Ghanshyam Tiwari P.N.O. No. 890450086 and others Vs. State of U.P. and others), decided on 7.9.2012. 4. Learned Standing Counsel for the respondent-State submits that representation of the petitioners would be decided in a time bound manner. 5. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, it is hereby directed that representation of the petitioners pending before respondent No.3 be decided expeditiously preferably within a period of two months from the date of production of a certified copy of this order. While passing the order, the respondent- authorities shall consider the order passed by the co-ordinate Bench of this Court in Writ-A No. 44330 of 2012 (Ghanshyam Tiwari P.N.O. No. 890450086 and others Vs. State of U.P. and others), decided on 7.9.2012. 6. With the aforesaid observation/direction, the writ petition stands disposed of. Order Date :- 7.4.2025 VMA Digitally signed by :- VISHWA MOHAN ARORA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad