Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:77350 Court No. - 5 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 9013 of 2020 Petitioner :- Purushottam Prasad Mishra And Another Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Anup Kumar Srivastava,Rajesh Kumar Rao Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Ajay Bhanot,J. Petitioners claim that they are entitled to counting of services rendered in Auto Tractors Limited. They have made a representation before the competent authority but to no avail. The only prayer made by Shri Anup Kumar Srivastava, learned counsel for the petitioners is that the representation of the petitioners may be decided within a stipulated period of time. Learned Standing Counsel for the State-respondents submits that the matter requires determination of facts by the competent authority as per law in the first instance. However, he fairly contends that service benefit/claim is liable to be decided by the competent authority in a reasonable time frame. In light of the submissions made at the Bar and without going into the merits of the case, the respondent No.2- Director Panchayat Raj, U.P. Lucknow is directed to decide the claim of the petitioners strictly in accordance with law within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order along with a fresh copy of the representation. With the aforesaid direction, the writ petition is finally disposed of. Order Date :- 12.5.2025 Jaswant Digitally signed by :- JASWANT KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad