Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:16863 Court No. - 3 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 3177 of 2025 Petitioner :- Manju Pandey Respondent :- Addl. Chief Secy. Basic Edu. Lko. And 4 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Indra Pratap Singh Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Uday Veer Singh Hon'ble Rajesh Singh Chauhan,J. 1. Heard Sri Indra Pratap Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri Pradeep Kumar Singh, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel for the State-respondents nos. 1 & 2 and Sri Udai Veer Singh, learned counsel for opposite parties No. 3 & 4. 2. In view of the orders proposed to be passed, notice to opposite party no. 5 is hereby dispensed with. 3. By means of this writ petition, the petitioner has prayed for the following reliefs:- "i. Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of the Mandamus commanding the opposite parties No. 1 to 4 that they issue a family pension to the petitioner and gratuity, in the interest of justice." 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that for redressal of his grievance, the petitioner has preferred representation dated 20.01.2025 (Annexure No. 6) to the competent authority but to no avail. He has further submitted that the petitioner is ready to prefer a fresh representation to the Competent Authority, therefore, he may be permitted to prefer a fresh representation to the opposite party No.3 i.e., District Basic Education Officer, District Gonda and a direction may be issued to him to consider and decide the said representation of the petitioner with expedition. 5. Learned counsel for opposite parties have no objection if direction for disposal of the said representation is issued. 6. Therefore, in view of the above, without entering into merits of the issue, I hereby dispose of this petition finally at the admission stage giving liberty to the petitioner to prefer a fresh representation to the opposite party No.3 i.e., District Basic Education Officer, District Gonda ventilating his grievance taking all pleas and grounds which are available with him enclosing therewith the copy of his earlier representation, if any, sending a copy thereof to the opposite party No.2 i.e. Additional Director, Treasury & Pension, Devi Patan Region, Gonda, which are necessary for disposal of the representation within a period of fifteen days from today and if such representation is preferred by the petitioner within the aforesaid stipulated time, the authority concerned shall consider and dispose of the same strictly, by speaking and reasoned order in accordance with law after affording an opportunity of hearing to the petitioner, if it is so required, with expedition preferably, within a period of two months from the date of receipt of certified copy of this order and the decision thereof shall be intimated to the petitioner forthwith. 7. This writ petition is disposed of, in view of the aforesaid terms. Order Date :- 25.3.2025 Reena/- (Rajesh Singh Chauhan,J.) Digitally signed by :- REENA KANNAUJIYA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench