HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW WRIT - A No. - 9960 of 2025 Court No. - 4 HON'BLE ABDUL MOIN, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners, Sri Pankaj Patel, learned Additional Chief Standing counsel appearing on behalf of the respondents no.1, 2 and 4, and Sri Afzal Ahmad Siddiqui, learned counsel for respondent no.3. 2. No notice be issued to respondent no.5 taking into consideration the nature of order proposed to be passed. 3. With the consent of learned counsels for the parties the matter is being decided finally. 4. The contention of learned counsel for the petitioners is that in terms of the Government Orders dated 28.06.2024 and 11.07.2024 the petitioners have submitted their option for old pension scheme. Although the said options have been forwarded by respondent no.4 to respondent no.2 i.e. The Director, Minority Welfare Department, U.P., Lucknow, yet no final decision has been taken on the options submitted by the petitioners. 5. Considering the aforesaid, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondent no.2 to take a final decision on the options submitted by the petitioners for the old pension scheme. 6. Let such a decision be taken within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order. Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Mayankar Singh Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C. Mushtaq Ahmad Tabassum And 10 Others .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Its Secy. Minority Welfare And Waqf Deptt. And 4 Others .....Respondent(s) 7. It is made clear that this Court has not gone into the merits of the case. September 2, 2025 A. Katiyar WRIA No. 9960 of 2025 2 (Abdul Moin,J.) Digitally signed by :- AMIT KATIYAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench