HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW WRIT - A No. - 12378 of 2025 Court No. - 18 HON'BLE SHREE PRAKASH SINGH, J. At the very outset learned counsel for the petitioner submits that he may be permitted withdraw the prayer clause (i) of the writ petition. Learned counsel for the opposite parties have no objection. The prayer is allowed. The counsel for the petitioner is permitted to delete the prayer clause (i) during course of the day. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, Mr. Vaibhav Mishra, learned counsel for respondent nos. 2 to 5, Mr. P.K. Singh, Additional Chief Standing Counsel for the State and perused the record. Instant petition has been filed with the following reliefs:- "(I) Issue a writ order or direction in the nature of MANDAMUS thereby commanding the opposite parties to decide the petitioner's appeal dated 07.10.2024 filed against the recovery order dated 03.02.2024 contained in Annexure No.2 to this writ petition. (ii) Issue any other order or direction which this Hon'ble Court may deem fit, just and proper in the circumstances of the case. (iii) Allow the writ petition along with cost." After arguing at length, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the interest of justice would be sub-served if this Hon'ble Court may be pleased Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Alok Singh Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., Vaibhav Mishra Surendra Kumar Srivastava .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Forest Deptt. Lko. And 4 Others .....Respondent(s) to direct the appellate authority i.e. respondent no.4 to consider and decide the departmental appeal dated 07.10.2024 filed against the recovery order dated 03.02.2024 within stipulated period of time as may be fixed by this Court. Learned counsel for the State has no objection to the contention aforesaid. Be that as it may, without entering into the merit of the case, the respondent no.4/Regional Manager, U.P. Forest Corporation, Gorakhpur is hereby directed to consider and decide the departmental appeal dated 07.10.2024 of petitioner, within a period of two months, 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. October 17, 2025 Mayank WRIA No. 12378 of 2025 2 (Shree Prakash Singh,J.) Digitally signed by :- MAYANK PRATAP SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench