Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:48349 Court No. - 4 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 9238 of 2025 Petitioner :- Ashok Kumar Pandey Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Higher Eduction, Lucknow And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Arvind Kumar Jauhari,Akash Chandra Jauhari,Anand Narayan Singh Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Shachindra Pratap Singh Hon'ble Abdul Moin,J. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, Shri Ran Vijay Singh, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel and Shri Neeraj Kumar Rai holding brief of Shri Shachindra Pratap Singh, learned counsel for the respondent No.2. With the consent of learned counsel appearing for the contesting parties, the writ petition is finally being disposed of. The petitioner claims that despite he working as Officiating Principal since July, 2017 yet he is not being paid salary of the aforesaid post. Contention is that this aspect of the matter has been considered by the Full Bench of this Court in the case of Jai Prakash Narayan Singh vs State of U.P. & Ors : [(2014) 4 UPLBEC 2642]. 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.3 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 respondent no.3 then the respondent no.3 shall endevour to decide the same by means of a reasoned and speaking order within a further period of six 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 :- 19.8.2025 prateek Digitally signed by :- PRATEEK ARORA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench