Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:23923 Court No. - 6 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 19686 of 2024 Petitioner :- Ravi Kumar Respondent :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Petitioner :- Suresh Kumar Maurya Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Siddharth Singhal Hon'ble Neeraj Tiwari,J. 1. Heard Sri Suresh Kumar Maurya, learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri Akhilesh Maurya holding brief of Sri Siddharth Singhal, learned counsel for the respondent no.2 as well as learned Standing Counsel for the State-respondents and perused the record. 2. Present petition has been filed seeking following relief:- "i). Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding and directing to respondents to allow the petitioner to join the post of "Van Rakshak" which is still vacant by the respondent no.2 considering him to be qualified in the merit list, he scored 148.25 marks, which is equivalent to the cut off of the last selected candidate of Other Backward Category (OBC)." 3. After some arguments learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that he may be permitted to file fresh representation before respondent no.2 for redressal of his grievance and direction may be issued to decide the same within a stipulated period for which learned counsel for the respondent no.2 and learned Standing Counsel have no objection. 4. In view of the facts and circumstances of the case, the writ petition is disposed of with liberty to petitioner to move fresh representation along with certified copy of this order before respondent No.2 within two weeks from today. In case any such representation is filed, respondent No. 2 is directed to decide the same in accordance with law maximum within a period of eight weeks thereafter. 5. It is made clear that this Court has not adjudicated the case on merits. It is upon respondent No. 2 to pass order after considering the relevant Rules as well as facts of the case. Order Date :- 19.2.2025 Jitendra Digitally signed by :- JITENDRA KUMAR PATEL High Court of Judicature at Allahabad Digitally signed by :- JITENDRA KUMAR PATEL High Court of Judicature at Allahabad