Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:81215 Court No. - 7 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 6748 of 2025 Petitioner :- Namo Narayan Tiwari Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Alka Upadhyay,Prabhakar Awasthi Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Vikram D. Chauhan,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Standing Counsel for the State. 2. The writ petition is filed with the following prayer: "A. Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of Mandamus commanding the District Inspector of Schools and the Account Officer to forthwith confer payment of arrears of salary in favour of petitioner from the date of appointment, i.e. 12.01.1998 to February 2005 and from February 2020 to January 2023 and from October 2023 to February 2024 alongwith interest of 18%, if need so arises, by way of reasoned speaking order on the request of the petitioner dated 01.11.2024. B Issue a writ, order, or direction in the nature of Mandamus, commanding the District Inspector of Schools to consider and decide the representation dated 01.11.2024, preferred by the petitioner, within a stipulated time as may be fixed by this Hon'ble Court." 3. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the claim of arrears of salary is pending consideration before respondent no.2-District Inspector of Schools, Ballia. In this respect, petitioner has filed representation before respondent no.2, however till date, no order has been passed. 4. Learned Standing Counsel submits that representation of the petitioner would be decided in a time bound manner. 5. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, it is hereby provided that the respondent no.2-District Inspector of Schools, Ballia shall decide the representation dated 1.11.2024 filed by the petitioner in accordance with law, preferably within a period of two months from the date of production of a certified copy of the order. 6. It is clarified that this Court has not decided the issue on merits and the authorities concerned shall independently apply its mind and pass order in accordance with law. 7. With the aforesaid observation/direction, the writ petition stands disposed of. Order Date :- 16.5.2025 D. Tamang Digitally signed by :- DHIRENDRA TAMANG High Court of Judicature at Allahabad