Court No. - 5 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 2730 of 2025 Petitioner :- Lal Bahadur Sharma Respondent :- U.O.I. Thru. Secy. Higher Education Deptt. Of Higher Education, Ministry Of Education And Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Anand Singh Pawar,Anand Pratap Singh,Nishtha Singh Counsel for Respondent :- A.S.G.I.,Sanjeev Kumar Srivastava Hon'ble Abdul Moin,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and Shri Sanjeev Kumar Srivastava, learned counsel appearing for respondents No.2 & 3. Notice on behalf of respondent No.1 has been accepted by the learned Deputy Solicitor General. 2. No notice is being issued to respondents No.4 to 6 taking into consideration the nature of order proposed to be passed. 3. With the consent of the parties, the matter is being decided finally. 4. The petitioner claims to have done his M.Tech from a centre that had been set up by Karnataka State Open University. M.Tech was done during the period between 2012-14 as emerges from perusal of the statements of mark-sheets, copies of which are collectively filed as Annexure-2 to the petition. Centre from which the petitioner claims to have done his M.Tech and other centres which were run outside the State of Karnataka were closed by Karnataka Open University with effect from 08.08.2014 as per the public notice dated 11.12.2015 as issued by the University, a copy of which is Annexure-3 to the petition. 5. Contention of the learned counsel for the petitioner is that despite the petitioner having done his M.Tech prior to the said centre being closed down by the Karnataka Open University, his M.Tech degree has still not been issued. 6. Learned counsel for the petitioner states that in this regard the petitioner has represented for his grievance before respondent No.2 & 3 and prays that the respondent No.3 i.e. Secretary of University Grants Commission be directed to consider the grievance of the petitioner within a specified time to the aforesaid prayer, Shri Sanjeev Kumar Srivastava, learned counsel appearing for respondents No.2 & 3 does not have any objection. 7. Considering the aforesaid, the writ petition stands disposed of leaving it open to the petitioner to raise his grievance before respondent No.3 by means of a representation within a period of two weeks from today. In case such representation is made along with a certified copy of this order, respondent No.3 shall proceed to decide the same in accordance with law under relevant rules and take a final decision within a period of four weeks from the date such a representation is made before it. 8. It is made clear that this Court has not gone into the merits of the claim set forth by the petitioner. Order Date :- 20.3.2025 prateek Digitally signed by :- PRATEEK ARORA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench