HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW WRIT - C No. - 10660 of 2025 Court No. - 17 HON'BLE SUBHASH VIDYARTHI, J. 1. Heard Sri Ajay Shukla, the learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri Devendra Mohan Shukla, the learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel representing the State of U.P., S.M. Haider Rizvi, the learned counsel for the Director General of Medical Education, Sri Shubham Tripathi, the learned counsel for KGMU, Lucknow. 2. The learned counsel for the opposite parties have raised a preliminary objection that the petitioner has sought issuance of a writ of mandamus commanding the State of U.P. and Director General of Medical Education to secure 10% seats of EWS quota in the respondent Educational Institutions and to allow the petitioner to appear in the counselling of NEET UG-2025 under EWS quota but prior to filing of the petitioner has not submitted any representation to the authorities concerned for redressal of his grievance. In absence of prior demand and rejection/ inaction thereon, a petition seeking issuance of a writ of mandamus is not maintainable. 3. Confronting with the aforesaid objection, the learned counsel for the petitioner states that he does not want to press the writ petition and he seeks liberty to file a representation before the authority concerned for redressal of his grievance. 4. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of by providing that in case Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Ajay Shukla, Rohit Tripathi Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., Shubham Tripathi, Syed Mohammad Haider Rizvi Nivesh Singh .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Medical Education Deptt. Civil Sectt. Lko. And 8 Others .....Respondent(s) the petitioner submits a representation for redressal of his grievances, the authorities concerned shall take appropriate action thereon in accordance with law with due expedition. November 4, 2025 Pradeep/- WRIC No. 10660 of 2025 2 (Subhash Vidyarthi,J.) Digitally signed by :- PRADEEP SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench Digitally signed by :- PRADEEP SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench