Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:20460 Court No. - 7 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 1742 of 2025 Petitioner :- Abdul Raziq Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Gautam Baghel,Rajesh Kumar Shukla Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Pranav Mishra Hon'ble Prakash Padia,J. 1. Instruction dated 31.01.2025 placed before this by learned Standing Counsel, is taken on record. 2. Heard Sri Gautam Baghel, learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Standing Counsel on behalf of State-respondent nos. 1 to 3 and Sri Pranav Mishra, learned counsel appearing on behalf of respondent no. 4. 3. The present petition has been filed by the petitioner inter alia with the prayer to direct the respondent no. 3/District Minority Welfare Authority, Prayagraj to take appropriate Step in the representation of the petitioner dated 16.01.2025 regarding payment of salary to the petitioner in pursuance of approval of Petitioner's appointment by the Respondent no. 2/Registrar/Inspector U.P. Madarsa Education Board Jawahar Bhawan, Lucknow vide its order dated 09.12.2024. 4. Facts in brief as contained in the writ petition are that the petitioner was initially appointed on the post of Assistant Teacher Tehtania vide letter dated 17.10.2024. Pursuant to the aforesaid the petitioner joined the institution on 02.11.2024. After making the appointment, the paper with regard to the appointment of the petitioner on the post of Assistant Teacher Tehtania was forwarded to the District Minority Welfare Officer to be forwarded to the Registrar/Inspector Jawahar Bhawan Lucknow on 12.11.2024 for grant of financial approval by the Manager of the Institution. The District Minority Welfare Officer after inquired into the matter has forwarded the papers to the Registrar for grant of the financial approval vide letter dated 19.11.2024. The Registrar after receipt of the letter of the District Minority Welfare Officer has granted financial approval to the appointment of the petitioner on the post of Assistant Teacher Tehtania on 09.12.2024. 5. It is argued by Sri Baghel, learned counsel appearing on behalf of petitioner that in view of the aforesaid the petitioner became entitled for the payment of salary but wholly illegally the same has not been paid only on account of complaint made regarding the validity of the management of the institution in question. It is argued that after completing the entire proceedings as per procedure prescribed in law the petitioner was appointed on the basis of Assistant Teacher be entitled for the payment of salary. 6. On the other hand it is argued by learned counsel on behalf of respondent that on the complaint made against the petitioner the inquiry is going on and a final decision has been taken in this regard by the competent authority within a period of three weeks from today. 7. Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the record. 8. In the facts and circumstances of the case, the present petition is disposed of directing the respondent No.3/District Minority Welfare Officer, Prayagraj to take a decision in the matter in accordance with law most expeditiously and preferably within a period of six weeks from the date of production of certified copy of this order before him. Order Date :- 13.2.2025 Arti Digitally signed by :- ARTI SHARMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad