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MARKANDEY PRATAP SHAHI v. STATE OF U.P. THROUGH ITS ADDITIONAL CHIEF SECRETARY, HIGHER EDUCATION AND 5 OTHERS

WRIA/14050/2025 · 2025-09-16

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - A No. - 14050 of 2025 Court No. - 32 HON'BLE CHANDRA DHARI SINGH, J. 1. The instant writ petition has been filed seeking for the following relief:- "1. Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents to grant arrears of subsistence allowance to the petitioner on the post Associate Professor in B.R.D. Post Graduate College, Deoria till attaining the age of superannuation. ii. Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus directing the respondentsto grant pension and arrears of salary after fixation and the pay scale issued by State Government." 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.2 and a direction may be issued to him to decide the same in time bound manner. 3. Sri Santosh Kumar, 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 Santosh Kumar, 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 Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Ramesh Chandra Dwivedi Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C. Markandey Pratap Shahi .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. Through Its Additional Chief Secretary, Higher Education And 5 Others .....Respondent(s) fresh representation along with the present writ petition and certified copy of this order before respondent no.2 Director of Higher Education Officer, U.P. Prayagraj within 10 days. After receiving the said representation, the respondent no.2 is directed to decide the said representation in accordance with law, expeditiously, preferably within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of the said representation. 6. With the aforesaid directions/observations, the present writ petition is disposed of. September 17, 2025 AKT WRIA No. 14050 of 2025 2 (Chandra Dhari Singh,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHOK KUMAR TRIPATHI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad