Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:24736 Court No. - 18 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 4300 of 2025 Petitioner :- Ravindra Singh Respondent :- U.O.I. Ministry Of Defence Thru. Secy. Central Soldiers Board New Delhi And 5 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Mohd. Zafar Khan Counsel for Respondent :- A.S.G.I.,C.S.C. Hon'ble Karunesh Singh Pawar,J. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Standing Counsel who has accepted notice on behalf of respondents. By means of this writ petition, the petitioner has prayed the following relief(s):- " (i) Issue writ, order or direction in the nature of CERTIORARI for Quashing the impugned notice dated 11-3-2024(Annexure No.6) issued by the respondent no.2 Principal Secretary Soldiers Welfare Department, Government of U.P. Lucknow through Joint Secretary of said department. (ii) Issue writ, order or direction in the nature of Mandamus commanding the respondents to permit petitioner to assume his post as Zila Sainik Kalyan Evam Punarwas Adhikari Farrukhabad and release the arrear of salary and other emoluments w.e.f. 1-11- 2024 to the petitioner." During the course of arguments, learned counsel for the petitioner prays that he does not want to press the prayer no.1 made in the writ petition. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed so far as prayer no.1 is concerned. So far as prayer no.2 is concerned, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner may be permitted to file a fresh representation before respondent no.4 within two weeks which may be decided by reasoned and speaking order in a time bound manner to which learned Standing Counsel has no objection. In view of the above, without entering into the merits of the case, the petition is finally disposed of with liberty to the petitioner to file a fresh representation to the respondent No.4/ Director General Punarwas, Government of India, Lucknow within two weeks from today. In case such a representation is preferred by the petitioner within the aforesaid period, the same shall be considered and decided in accordance with law, by passing a reasoned and speaking order within four weeks from the date of submission of representation along with a copy of this order. Order Date :- 29.4.2025 dk/ Digitally signed by :- DEVENDRA KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench