Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:12411 Court No. - 33 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 24200 of 2024 Petitioner :- Ashuk Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 5 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Arvind Kumar Srivastava,Bhaju Ram Pprasad Sharma,Ram Awtar Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Sher Bahadur Singh Hon'ble Vikram D. Chauhan,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Standing Counsel for the State. 2. The present writ petition is filed with the following prayer: "i. Issue a writ order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding and directing to the respondent no.3 to allot fair price shop to the petitioner on compassionate grounds of Gram Panchayat Dharamgadapur Japti, Block and Tehsil Puwayan, District Saharanpur. ii. Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding and directing the respondent no.3 to decide the representation of the petitioner dated 9.5.2024 pending before him expeditiously within stipulated period to be fixed by this Hon'ble Court." 3. Learned Standing Counsel on instructions submits that representation dated 09.05.2024 is not on record of the respondent- authorities. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner does not able to show the receiving of the aforesaid representation and submits that the receiving has been lost. 5. It is for the petitioner to demonstrate that the representation was duly received. 6. Since there is no proof with regard to the receiving, the writ petition cannot be entertained and is, accordingly, dismissed. Order Date :- 24.1.2025 S.Prakash Digitally signed by :- SHASHI PRAKASH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad