HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW WRIT - A No. - 13314 of 2025 Court No. - 20 HON'BLE SYED QAMAR HASAN RIZVI, J. 1. Heard Shri Pratyush Mishra, learned counsel for petitioner, Shri Ran Vijay Singh, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel for the State and perused the material available on record. 2. By means of the present writ petition, the petitioner has prayed for a direction to the Director, Social Welfare Department, Lucknow (respondent no. 2) to consider the claim of the petitioner and include her name in the merit list. 3. Submission of learned counsel for the petitioner is that the petitioner in pursuance of an advertisement issued by the Social Welfare Department for empanelment of Guest/Part-time Teacher in Jai Prakash Narayan Sarvoday Schools had applied under the 'OBC' category. It is contended on behalf of the petitioner that the petitioner is fully eligible to be appointed on the post of Trained Graduate Teacher (TGT) but her name has been excluded from the merit list. 4. It is vehemently argued on behalf of the petitioner that the petitioner has secured 51.15 marks while the cut off marks fixed for the OBC Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Pratyush Mishra, Arun Kumar Yadav, Shashank Dwivedi Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C. Pritam Yadav .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Social Welfare Deptt. Lko And Another .....Respondent(s) candidate was 49.62 marks even then her name has not been included in the list. 5. Learned counsel for petitioner has further submitted that in this regard the petitioner has filed a complaint dated 30.10.2025 on the official portal of Social Welfare Command Centre, which is still pending and no decision on the same has yet been taken. 6. It is further submitted that since the aforesaid complaint was not considered by the respondents, the petitioner moved another complaint on 04.11.2025 on IGRS portal and that too has also not been considered. 7. Submission of learned counsel for petitioner is that the petitioner has moved a representation dated 31.10.2025 by hand in the office of the Director, Social Welfare Department, Lucknow, which is also pending consideration. 8. Shri Ran Vijay Singh, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel for the State has informed the Court that the list of the qualified candidates has already been declared even the process of interview has commenced from 03.11.2025 to 04.11.2025 and has now been completed. 9. Be that as it may, the representations filed by the petitioner are pending consideration, the same deserves consideration. 10. Looking to the facts and circumstances of the case, this Court is of the view that no useful purpose would be served to keep the writ petition pending. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of at the admission stage itself by granting liberty to the petitioner to prefer a comprehensive representation narrating the facts in detail and all other pleas that are available to him before the Director, Social Welfare Department, WRIA No. 13314 of 2025 2 Lucknow (respondent no. 2) by tomorrow i.e., 18.11.2025. In case such a representation is received by the opposite party no.2 within the time frame as provided by this Court, the Director, Social Welfare Department, Lucknow (respondent no. 2) shall examine the case of the petitioner in the light of the relevant rules and guidelines issued by the Government from time to time. It is expected that the said authority shall endeavour to dispose of the said representation within ten days from the date of receipt of said representation by passing a reasoned order strictly in accordance with law. 11. With the aforesaid directions/observations, the present writ petition is disposed of. November 17, 2025 Virendra WRIA No. 13314 of 2025 3 (Syed Qamar Hasan Rizvi,J.) Digitally signed by :- VIRENDRA KUMAR GUPTA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench