Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:44969 Court No. - 4 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 8606 of 2025 Petitioner :- Saheem Ahmad Khan Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy./ Addl. Chief Secy. Deptt. Panchayati Raj Lko. Counsel for Petitioner :- Shivendra S Singh Rathore,Abhishek Upadhyay,Bhavesh Chandel,Sachin Upadhyay Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Abdul Moin,J. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and Shri Rajeev Singh, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel for the respondents. With the consent of learned counsel appearing for the contesting parties, the writ petition is finally being disposed of. Contention of the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner is that the petitioner is due to retire on 31.10.2025 and wants to be transferred and posted near his home district. The petitioner is also aggrieved by the fact that his juniors have been given the officiating charge of Assistant Engineer. 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 four 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 :- 4.8.2025 prateek Digitally signed by :- PRATEEK ARORA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench