Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:132923 Court No. - 32 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 10746 of 2025 Petitioner :- Devendra Chauhan Respondent :- Principal, Govt. Degree College, Sumerpur And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Adarsh Singh,Indra Raj Singh Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Chandra Dhari Singh,J. 1. The instant writ petition has been filed seeking for the following relief:- "Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus directing the respondent no.1 Principal, Govt. Degree College, Sumerpur, Hamirpur to consider the claim of the petitioner for grant of pay protection and also to resume the deduction of GPF, taking into account the services rendered by him prior to regularization, within stipulated time as may be fixed by the Hon'ble Court. 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. 1 and a direction may be issued to him to decide the same in time bound manner. 3. Sri Jitendra Singh, learned standing counsel appearing on behalf of State-respondents vehemently opposed the petition on merit, but has not opposed the prayer as made by learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner. 4. Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and Sri Jitendra Singh, learned Standing Counsel 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. Petitioner is directed to file a fresh representation along with the present writ petition and certified copy of this order before respondent no. 1 - Principal, Govt. Degree College, Sumerpur, Hamirpur within 10 days. After receiving the said representation, the respondent no. 1 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 :- 6.8.2025 AKT (Chandra Dhari Singh,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHOK KUMAR TRIPATHI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad