HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW WRIT - A No. - 25378 of 2018 Court No. - 18 HON'BLE SHREE PRAKASH SINGH, J. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel for the State, Mr. Manik Sinha, learned counsel for respondent nos. 2 to 5 and perused the record. Instant petition has been filed with the following prayers:- "i) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of Mandamus commanding the opposite parties to count the services of the petitioners w.e.f. the date of their initial appointment i.e. 5.10.1985 and 4.10.1985 respectively for pension and other consequential service benefits. ii) writ, order or direction in the nature of Mandamus commanding the opposite parties to decide the representation of the petitioners for counting their services w.e.f. the date of their initial appointment i.e. 5.10.1985 and 4.10.1985 respectively for pension and other consequential service benefits. iii) Such other order or direction deemed just and proper in the circumstances of the case, may also be passed. iv) Allow the writ petition with costs." The contention of learned counsel for the petitioners is that the case of the petitioners is covered with the ratio of judgment rendered in the case of Dr. Dhruv Keshar Singh and Ors Vs. State of U.P. and Ors- reported in 2024:AHC-LKO:21083. After arguing at length, learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Ram Raj Ojha, Jagdish Pratap Pandey, Rakesh Chandra Tewari Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., Manik Sinha, Uttam Kumar Verma Dr. Ram Naresh Dixit And Anr. .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P.Thru.Prin.Secy.Agriculture Education And Research .....Respondent(s) interest of justice would be sub-served if this Hon'ble Court may be pleased to give liberty to the petitioners to move a fresh representation before the respondent no. 3 and he may be directed to consider & decide the same, within stipulated period of time as may be fixed by this Court. Learned counsel for the opposite parties have no objection to the contention aforesaid. Be that as it may, without entering into the merit of the case, the petitioners are permitted to move a fresh representation within period of 15 days, and if such representation is moved within aforesaid period, the respondent no. 3/Vice Chancellor, Chandrashekhar Azad University of Agriculture & Technology, Kanpur- 2, is hereby directed to consider and decide the same, within a period of eight weeks, in accordance with law, from the date, a certified copy of this order is produced before him. With the aforesaid observations, the instant petition is disposed of. Needless to say that while considering the case of the petitioners, the respondent no. 3 shall also consider that whether the petitioners' case is covered with the ratio of judgment and order in the case of Dr. Dhruv Keshar Singh(Supra). December 3, 2025 Mayank WRIA No. 25378 of 2018 2 (Shree Prakash Singh,J.) Digitally signed by :- MAYANK PRATAP SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench Digitally signed by :- MAYANK PRATAP SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench