Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:122701-DB Court No. - 40 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 24120 of 2025 Petitioner :- Harkesh Sharma And 17 Others Respondent :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Petitioner :- Ramesh Kumar Pandey Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Saral Srivastava,J. Hon'ble Arun Kumar Singh Deshwal,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners, learned Standing Counsel for the State-respondent no.1 and Ms. Ishita Sand, Advocate, holding brief of Mrs. Anjali Upadhya, learned counsel appearing for respondent no.2. 2. The present writ petition has been filed seeking a direction in the nature of mandamus to the respondent authorities to allot 10% residential plot in the development area to the petitioners, in terms of the Full Bench decision of this Court in the case of Gajraj v. State of U.P. and Others, 2011 (11) ADJ-I. 3. At the very outset, learned counsel for the petitioners states that identical controversy had already been settled by this Court in the case of Soukeen and another v. State of U.P. and another (Writ- C No. 20526 of 2025, dt. 3.7.2025) and the writ petition was disposed off in terms of the judgment rendered in the case of Balraj Singh and 21 Others v. State of U.P. and 3 Others (Writ-C No. 9496 of 2025, dated 2.4.2025). As such, it is pressed that the instant matter is squarely covered with the aforesaid judgment and the writ petition may also be disposed off in the light of Soukeen and another (supra). 4. So far as the factual and legal aspect of the matter, the same is not disputed by the learned Standing Counsel as well as learned counsel for the Development Authority. 5. Having regard to the facts of the case and the submissions made, we dispose off the instant petition in terms of Soukeen and another (supra). The respondent-Development Authority is directed to pass a reasoned and speaking order on the claim of the petitioners, keeping in view the facts of the case and relevant legal precedents, preferably within a period of eight weeks from the date of production of a certified copy of this order. Order Date :- 25.7.2025 NS (Arun Kumar Singh Deshwal,J) (Saral Srivastava,J.) Digitally signed by :- NITIN KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad