WRIT - A No. 1756 of 2026 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - A No. - 1756 of 2026 Sub-Inspector (Retired) Vinod Kumar And 6 Others .....Petitioner(s) Versus State Of U.P. And 7 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Shivendra Kumar Gupta Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C. Court No. - 33 HON'BLE VIKAS BUDHWAR, J. 1. The sole grievance raised of the petitioners in the present petition is as to whether the period spent on training prior to appointment as Sub-Inspector, Armed Police/Platoon Commander (PAC) in the Police Department can be counted for granting them seniority and other consequential service benefits. 2. Heard learned counsel for petitioners and learned State Counsel for opposite parties. 3. This issue was examined by this Court in Writ Petition No. 24910 of 2006 (Constable 88 C.P. Lal Babu Shukla & Others Vs. State of Uttar Pradesh & Others) and the petition was allowed with the following observations:- "Thus, for the reasons stated above, the respondents are not justified in not counting the period spent in training for the purposes of calculating 24 years of service for grant of promotional pay scale to the petitioners. The writ petition is allowed with a direction to th