Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:115720 Court No. - 32 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 6451 of 2025 Petitioner :- Anand Prakash Joshi Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 5 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Aishwarya Kumar Singh,Rajesh Kumar Singh,Utkarsh Kumar Singh Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Pratik Chandra Hon'ble Chandra Dhari Singh,J. 1. The instant writ petition has been filed seeking for the following reliefs:- "(i) To issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding the Respondent No.5 to consider and granted pay the financial upgratdation i.e. Second A.C.P. grade pay 2400 (Assured Career Progression) w.e.f. 01.12.2008 after completion 16 years service and IIIrd A.C.P. Grade pay 2800 w.e.f. 05.03.2016 after completion 26 years Service in view of order passed by Regional Higher Education Officer, Varanasi decision dated 10.01.2020." 2. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of petitioner without entering into the merits of the case made innocuous prayer that he may be permitted to file fresh representation before respondent no.4 and a direction may be issued to him to decide the same in time bound manner. 3. Sri Dinesh Kumar Singh, learned standing counsel appearing on behalf of State-respondents and Sri Pratik Chandra, learned counsel appearing on behalf of respondent no.5 vehemently opposed the petition on merit, but have not opposed the prayer as made by learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner. 4. Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners, Sri Dinesh Kumar Singh, learned Standing Counsel, Sri Pratik Chandra, learned counsel for respondent no.5 and perused the contents made in the writ petition. 5. Without entering into merits of the case, I am inclined to allow the innocuous prayer made by learned counsel for the petitioner as no objection made by learned standing counsel as well as learned counsel for respondent no.5. Learned counsel for the petitioner is directed to file a fresh representation along with the present writ petition and certified copy of this order before respondent no.4, the Principal Vasanta Mahila Mahavidyalaya Rajghat, Varanasi within 10 days from today. After receiving the said representation, the respondent no.4 is directed to decide the said representation in accordance with law, expeditiously, preferably within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of the said representation. 6. With the aforesaid directions/observations, the present writ petition is disposed of. Order Date :- 17.7.2025 Radhika (Chandra Dhari Singh, J.) Digitally signed by :- RADHIKA VISHWAKARMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad