Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:6030 Court No. - 5 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 11058 of 2024 Petitioner :- Subhash Chandra Jain Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. Of Irrigation And Water Resources Lko And Another Counsel for Petitioner :- Ashish Verma,Ashish Kumar Pandey Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Jogendra Nath Verma Hon'ble Abdul Moin,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, Dr. Udai Veer Singh, learned counsel for the respondents and Shri Jogendra Nath Verma, learned counsel appearing for respondent No.2. 2. With the consent of learned counsel appearing for the contesting parties, the writ petition is being decided finally. 3. Contention of the learned counsel for the petitioner is that although the petitioner has retired on attaining the age of superannuation on 31.10.2013 the benefit of A.C.P. which was due at that stretch of time had not been given on account of disciplinary proceedings, which have been dropped vide order dated 09.01.2019, a copy of which is Annexure-12 to the petition, yet no decision has been taken by the respondents pertaining to grant of the A.C.P. from the date it became due. 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.1 which may be directed to be decided within a fixed time frame to which learned counsels for the respondents have 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.1 then the respondent no.1 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. 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 :- 29.1.2025 prateek Digitally signed by :- PRATEEK ARORA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench