Rajesh Kumar Bargah and 5 Others v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Affairs Lko and 4 Others

Court No. - 6 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 12626 of 2024 Petitioner :- Rajesh Kumar Bargah And 5 Others Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Affairs Lko And 4 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Arun Kumar Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Alok Mathur,J.

¶1Heard Sri Arun Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioners and learned Standing Counsel for the State respondents.

¶2By means of this writ petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution, the petitioners have prayed for a writ of mandamus to the respondents to add service period of petitioners spent in army prior to the appointment in the police department.

¶3Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that in the above regard the petitioners have already represented the matter before the competent authority on 18.12.2021 which has not been disposed of till date.

¶4Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that their services rendered in the army establishment of Government of India is required to be added in the light of two judgments of this Court, firstly in the case of Hari Chand and others v. State of U.P. and others passed in Writ - A No.- 36642 of 2015 on 23rd August, 2016 and secondly in the case of Bimal Kumar Singh and others v. State of U.P. and others passed in Writ-A No.- 12064 of 2021 on 1st November, 2021.

¶5Learned Standing Counsel has no objection in the event if a direction is issued to the competent authority for disposal of the claim of the petitioners strictly in accordance with law.

¶6In view of the above, this petition stands disposed of with a direction to the petitioners to make a fresh comprehensive representation for the purposes of relief claimed for before the competent authority, namely, respondent No.- 3 within a period of three weeks from today and it is further provided that in the event any such representation is made before the respondent No.- 3, he shall look into and consider the grievance of the petitioners in the light of the relevant Law, Rule and the Act and pass appropriate reasoned and speaking order strictly in accordance with law preferably within a period of three months from the date of production of a certified copy of this order. (Alok Mathur, J.) Order Date :- 20.12.2024 RKM. High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench