WRIT - A No. 258 of 2026 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - A No. - 258 of 2026 Khurshid Ahmad .....Petitioner(s) Versus State Of U.P. And 3 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Mohammad Umar Khan Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C. Court No. - 33 HON'BLE VIKAS BUDHWAR, J. 1. Heard Sri M. U. Khan, learned counsel for the writ petitioner and Sri R.S. Umrao, learned Standing Counsel for the State. 2. Sri R.S. Umrao, learned Standing Counsel has made a statement at bar that he is well equipped with the instructions and he is in a position to argue the matter and he does not propose to file any affidavit and the writ petition be decided on the basis of the documents available on record. With the consent of the parties, the writ petition is being decided at the fresh stage. 3. The case of the writ petitioner is that he was appointed on the post of Urdu Translator on 08.03.1995, according to the writ petitioner, he was entitled for the benefit of ACP post completion of 26 years of service. It is the case of the writ petitioner that now impugned order has been passed on 11.12.2025 by the District Development Officer, Sant Kabir Nagar seeking to re-fix the salary and make recovery on the