WRIT - A No. 2401 of 2026 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - A No. - 2401 of 2026 Raghunandan Upadhayay And 8 Others .....Petitioner(s) Versus State Of U.P. And 3 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Akhilanand Mishra, Amit Kumar, Renu Rajat Alias Renu Sahai Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C. Court No. - 33 HON'BLE VIKAS BUDHWAR, J. 1. Heard Sri Akhilanand Mishra, learned counsel for the writ petitioner and Sri Gaurav Singh, learned Standing Counsel for the State. 2. The case of the writ petitioners is that they have worked the service period spent by them while undergoing training before they were appointed as constables and should be counted being 19 years of service for grant of one additional increment. They seek to rely upon the judgment in Special Appeal No. 172 of 2023 (State of U.P. and 6 others v. Ram Jeet Tiwari (H. Con.) and 6 others, decided on 19.04.2023. 3. Prayer in the present petition is for a direction to the respondents to consider the grievance of the writ petitioners. 4. Learned Standing Counsel submits that the claim of the writ petitioners needs adjudication at the first instance by the concerned authorities. 5. To such a submission, learned counsel for the