Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:41740 Court No. - 18 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 7912 of 2025 Petitioner :- Rajesh Kumar And 4 Others Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Medical Health Family Welfare/Medical Education Lko. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Ravi Pandey Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Puneet Chandra Hon'ble Manish Mathur,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for petitioners and learned State Counsel for opposite parties no. 1, 3 & 4 and Mr. Mohit Chandra Advocate holding brief on behalf of Mr. Puneet Chandra, learned counsel for opposite party no.2. 2. Petition has been filed seeking the following prayer:- "I. Issue a Writ, order or direction in the nature of Mandamus commanding the opposite parties to make appointment of the petitioners on the post of Lab Technician Ambedkar Nagar in pursuance of Letter No.-52/NP/COVID-19 / HR-DHS OUT.EXT./2021-22/3149-4 dated 27.08.2024 (ANNEXURE No. 3) issued by the opposite party 1 and letter no. 669/S.P.MU/HNM/HR AYUSH/2024-25/4933 dated 28.10.2024 (ANNEXURE NO.4) issued opposite party no. 2 to all the District Magistrates and Chief Medical Officers, Ambedkar Nagar in which the directions were issued to appoint all those medical staff who have worked in the Districts as temporary/ short term contract basis / Outsource Human Resource during COVID Epidemic/Covid-19." 3. It has been submitted that during Covid-19 Pandemic, petitioners have been engaged on contractual basis on the post of Laboratory Technicians and subsequently State Government has issued orders dated 27.08.2024 and 28.10.2024 directing that all such contractual employees should be re-engaged in service. 4. Since consideration of petitioners' grievance would entail factual aspects, liberty is granted to petitioners to file a fresh individual representation before the opposite party no.4 i.e. Chief Medical Officer, Ambedkar Nagar, Secretary District Health Committee, Ambedkar Nagar who shall consider and decide the same in the light of aforesaid Government Orders within a period of eight weeks from the date a certified copy of this order is produced before the said authority. 5. With aforesaid directions, petition stands disposed of. Order Date :- 22.7.2025 Satish Digitally signed by :- SATISH KUMAR BHARATI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench