Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:41739 Court No. - 5 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 7873 of 2025 Petitioner :- Dr. Vishwas Kumar Pandey @ Vishwas Kumar Pandey Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Higher Education U.P. Lko. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Vijay Kumar Asthana Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Anurag Kumar Singh Hon'ble Abdul Moin,J. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Standing Counsel for respondent No.1, Shri Apoorva Tiwari, Advocate & Shri Vivek Kumar, Advocate who file their vakalatnama on behalf of respondents No.2 and 4 and Shri Lal Gaurav Singh holding brief of Shri Anurag Kumar Singh, learned counsel for the respondent No.3. With the consent of learned counsel appearing for the contesting parties, the writ petition is finally being disposed of. Contention of the learned counsel for the petitioner is that the respondents have not taken any decision with regard to the previous service period of the petitioner from 20.07.2017 to 31.12.2021 despite the fact that in terms of the resolution dated 11.12.2021 of the Managing Committee of the Shia P.G. College Lucknow the petitioner was permitted to rejoin on 11.12.2021. Learned counsel for the petitioner 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 learned Standing Counsel has no objection. In view of the above, it is provided that in case the petitioner submits a representation within two weeks 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 eight weeks 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 claim set forth by the petitioner. Order Date :- 22.7.2025 prateek Digitally signed by :- PRATEEK ARORA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench