Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:48562 Court No. - 4 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 4105 of 2025 Petitioner :- Awadhesh Kumar And 103 Others Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 36 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Mirza Faheem Beg Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Ajit Kumar,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for parties. 2. By means of this petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution, petitioner wants consideration of his training period to be counted towards 19 years of satisfactory service for additional increment of pay in the light of judgment of this Court in the case of Ghanshyam Tiwari and others v. State of U.P. and others passed in Civil Misc. Writ Petition No. 44330 of 2012 which was followed in the judgment of Virendra Kumar and another v. State of U.P. and three others Writ A No. 48601 of 2015 against which Special Appeal (Defective) No 538 of 2016 came to be dismissed on 07.09.2016 so also the Special Leave Petition CC 6316 of 2017 came to be dismissed on 03.04.2017. 3. Learned counsel appearing for petitioner submits that this legal position has remained intact as on date and many such employees as petitioner have been accorded the benefit. He has also placed before the Court recent order of this Court passed in the case of Radhe Shyam Yadav and four others v. State of U.P. and 6 others Writ A No. 6753 of 2023. 4. Learned Standing Counsel could not dispute the aforesaid legal position. 5. In view of this the petition stands disposed of with the direction to the competent authority concerned to look into the grievance of petitioner and consider his claim for counting training period towards 19 years of satisfactory service in the light of the judgment in the case of Ghanshyam Tiwari (supra). Appropriate decision shall be taken by the competent authority within a period of two weeks from the receipt of certified copy of this order. Order Date :- 5.4.2025 Nadeem Digitally signed by :- IRFAN UDDIN SIDDIKI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad