WRIT - A No. 397 of 2026 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - A No. - 397 of 2026 Sri Krishna And 4 Others .....Petitioner(s) Versus State Of U.P. And 2 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Anil Kumar, Satish Chandra Dubey, Savan Kumar Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C. Court No. - 33 HON'BLE VIKAS BUDHWAR, J. 1. Heard Sri Satish Chandra Dubey, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Prashant Kumar Mishra, learned Standing Counsel, who appears for State-respondents. 2. The case of the writ petitioners is that they are tube-well operators who stood retired, however, they are not being paid pension taking into account the qualifying period. They seek to rely upon the decision in Writ-A No. 810 of 2024 (Shiv Autar Sharma and 10 others v. State of U.P. and 2 others), decided on 03.12.2025. 3. Prayer in the present petition is for a direction to the respondents to consider the claim. 4. Learned Standing Counsel submits that the claim of the writ petitioner needs adjudication at the first instance by the third respondent, Executive Engineer, Nalkoop Khand-Ist, Prayagraj. 5. To such a submission, learned counsel for the petitioner has no objection and he gracefully accepts the same. 6.