Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:135148-DB Court No. - 40 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 26843 of 2025 Petitioner :- Sanjay Kumar @ Sanjai Kumar Jaiswal Respondent :- State Of Up And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Siddharth Singh Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,S.K. Srivastava Hon'ble Saral Srivastava,J. Hon'ble Arun Kumar Singh Deshwal,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Standing Counsel for respondent nos.1 & 2 and Sri S.K. Srivastava, learned counsel for respondent no.3. 2. The petitioner by means of the present writ petition has sought a writ of mandamus directing the respondent no.2 to decide the representation of the petitioner for allowing him to act as President of Nagar Panchayat, Machhalishahar, Jaunpur. 3. The petitioner claims to be elected as President of Nagar Panchayat, Machhalishahar, Jaunpur. An F.I.R. was registered against the petitioner in which he has been enlarged on bail by this Court by order dated 30.05.2025. While the petitioner was in jail, a temporary arrangement was made under Section 54A of the U.P. Municipalities Act, 1916 and charge of President was given to the S.D.M., Jaunpur. After having been enlarged on bail, the petitioner claims that he is entitled to function as President of Nagar Panchayat, Machhalishahar, Jaunpur. In respect to his grievances, petitioner has submitted several representations to the respondent no.2, but respondent no.2 is not paying any heed. 4. Learned counsel for the respondents submits that no useful purpose would be served in keeping the writ petition pending and appropriate direction be issued to respondent no.2 to consider the grievance of the petitioner as the decision is to be taken by the respondent no.2. 5. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case and with the consent of the parties, the writ petition is disposed off permitting the petitioner to file a fresh representation alongwith certified copy of this order raising all his grievances before the respondent no.2- District Magistrate, Jaunpur within a period of four weeks from today. In case, any such representation is filed by the petitioner, the respondent no.2 shall consider and decide the same strictly in accordance with law within a period of one month from the date he receives the representation of the petitioner. Order Date :- 11.8.2025 Sattyarth (Arun Kumar Singh Deshwal,J) (Saral Srivastava,J) Digitally signed by :- SATTYARTH ANAND High Court of Judicature at Allahabad