WRIT - A No. 27091 of 2018 at Allahabad

Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:131355 Court No. - 4 “AFR” Case :- WRIT - A No. - 27091 of 2018 Petitioner :- Vikas Srivastava And 5 Others Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Krishnaji Khare,Puneet Kumar Verma Counsel for Respondent :- Avneesh Tripathi,C.S.C.,M.N. Singh Hon'ble Ajit Kumar,J. 1. Heard Sri Puneet Kumar Verma, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Aveneesh Tripathi, learned counsel appearing for the Commission/ respondent. 2. By means of present petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution, petitioners have assailed the order passed by Chief Engineer, Mechanical, of Irrigation Department dated 5.4.2018 whereby request for pay protection of the previous service of the petitioners has been rejected holding that they are not entitled for the same in view of the Government Order dated 24.9.2015. 3. Submission advanced by learned counsel for the petitioner is that Government Order came into existence on 24.9.2015 whereas petitioners who had applied against vacancies upon which they are working pursuant to advertisement issued in the year 2008, and placed in the select list like one Neeraj Kumar Pandey, Amit Kumar Saini, publishe