Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:44911 Court No. - 4 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 8253 of 2025 Petitioner :- Shashi Kumar Gupta Respondent :- U.O.I. Ministry Of Personnel , Public Grievances And Pension New Delhi And 4 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Ghaus Beg Counsel for Respondent :- A.S.G.I.,C.S.C.,Dr.Krishna Singh Hon'ble Abdul Moin,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, Shri Shudhanshu Chauhan, Advocate, who files his memo of appearance on behalf of respondent No.1, Shri D.C. Pathak, learned counsel appearing for respondents No.2 & 3 and Dr Krishna Singh, learned counsel for the respondents No.4 & 5. 2. With the consent of learned counsel appearing for the contesting parties, the writ petition is finally being disposed of. 3. The petitioner who claims to have retired on 30.04.2025 from the post of Executive Engineer (Jal) is before this Court claiming mandamus for allowing the compulsory waiting period from 01.04.2007 to 18.06.2007 when he had been allotted from Uttarakhand to the State of U.P. Further prayer is for mandamus to pay financial benefit under the Assured Career Progression Scheme of the State Government and to sanction and release post retiral dues including Gratuity, G.P.F., Earned Leave Encashment, Group Insurance etc. as well as to release pension and provide tentative seniority. 4. 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 respondent no.2 which may be directed to be decided within a fixed time frame to which learned Standing Counsel has no objection. 5. In view of the above, it is provided that in case the petitioner submits a representation within two weeks from today before the respondent no.2 then the respondent no.2 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. In case the petitioner is found entitled for payment of dues, the same shall be released in his favour within a period of four weeks from the date the representation is decided. 6. With the aforesaid direction, writ petition is disposed of. 7. It is made clear that this Court has not gone into the merits of the claim set forth by the petitioner. Order Date :- 4.8.2025 prateek Digitally signed by :- PRATEEK ARORA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench