Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:4376 Court No. - 5 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 874 of 2025 Petitioner :- Dr. Shakeel Ahmed Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Secy. Higher Edu. Civil Sectt. Lko And Another Counsel for Petitioner :- Arif Khan Effendi,Mohammad Faizan Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Abdul Moin,J. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Vivek Shukla, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel appearing for the respondent no. 1. No notice need be issued to the respondent no. 2 taking into consideration the nature of order proposed to be passed. With the consent of learned counsel for the parties, the instant writ petition is being finally decided. Instant writ petition has been filed praying for a mandamus commanding the respondents to count the period of service rendered by the petitioner from 30.11.1995 till 08.02.2013 on adhoc basis for the purpose of qualifying service towards pension. Learned counsel for the petitioner after arguing at some length submits that with regard to the relief sought in the writ petition, the petitioner may be permitted to submit a representation before the competent authority which may be directed to be decided within a fixed time frame to which Sri Vivek Shukla, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel has no objection. In view of the above, it is provided that in case the petitioner submits a representation within ten days from today before the competent authority then the competent authority shall endevour to decide the same by means of a reasoned and speaking order within a further period of three months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order along with representation. With the aforesaid direction, writ petition is disposed of. It is made clear that this Court has not gone into the merits of the case. Order Date :- 23.1.2025 Pachhere/- Digitally signed by :- SATYENDRA SINGH PACHHERE High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench