Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:67165 Court No. - 7 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 5634 of 2025 Petitioner :- Dr. Yogendra Kumar And 4 Others Respondent :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Petitioner :- Bheem Singh,Rakesh Pathak 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 :- "I. Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding the Respondent no. 2 to provide the benefit under Career Advancement Scheme (CAS) with effect from their appointment, in pursuance of relevant provisions of the UGC as well as GO dated 28.06.2019, who were appointed under Government Order dated 07/04/1998 on honorarium basis and later absorbed/regularized. II. Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding the Respondent No. 2 i.e. Director, Higher Education, Directorate U.P. at Prayagraj for decide the representation dated 11/02/2025 of the Petitioners." 3. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioners were initially appointed on honorarium basis and were subsequently regularized and now they are claiming that their services be counted from the date they were appointed on honorarium basis for grant of benefits under the Career Advance Scheme. Learned counsel for the petitioners fairly submits that the controversy in the present writ petition has already been decided by this Court in Dr. Vijay Kumar Srivastava and others Vs. State of U.P and others, [2020(1) ESC 193 (All)]. 4. Learned Standing Counsel for the respondents does not dispute the aforesaid fact. 5. In view of the aforesaid, the present writ petition is disposed of in terms of the law laid down by this Court in Dr. Vijay Kumar Srivastava (supra). Order Date :- 30.4.2025 VMA Digitally signed by :- VISHWA MOHAN ARORA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad