HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - A No. - 16734 of 2026 Court No. - 33 HON'BLE MANISH KUMAR NIGAM, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Standing Counsel for the State and perused the record. 2. The instant writ petition has been filed for the following relief: "Issue a writ order or direction in the nature of Mandamus directing the respondents to direct the respondents to add /count services rendered by petitioner, as Seasonal Collection Peon till his regularization, in the services rendered as Regular Collection Peon/Amin and grant him pensionary and other benefits in the light of judgment dated 20.12.2024 passed by this Hon'ble Court in Writ Petition No. 12603 of 2024 as affirmed in Special Appeal Defective No. 305 of 2025 dated 24.7.2025 (Review Application Defective No. 166 of 2025 dated 17.11.2025) and Special Leave Petition (C) Diary No. 71326 of 2025 dated 3.2.2026 (Review Petition (Civil) Diary No. 17642 of 2026 dated 21.7.2026) as well as the Judgment and order dated 8.10.2021 passed in Writ A No. 5817 of 2020 "Kaushal Kishore Chaubey Vs. State of U.P. and others, Judgment dated 31.8.2026 in Writ Petition No. 20316 of 2019, "Alakh Prakash Mishra Vs State of U.P. and others", as well as judgment of the Hon'ble Apex Court in the Case of Punjab School Education Board and another Vs. Satnam Singh and others (Civil Appeal No. 6865 of 2022) decided on 8.9.2026 and Uday Pratap Thakur and another Vs State of Bihar and others (Civil Appeal No. 3155 of 2023), in accordance with law, in the interest of justice, and/or pass such other and further order Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Arvind Kumar Verma, Sushil Kumar Tripathi Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C. Keprashad Sharma .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. And 2 Others .....Respondent(s) which this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper." 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner is seeking a direction to the respondents to count his services as Seasonal Collection Peon till his regularization, in the services rendered as Regular Collection Peon/Amin and grant him pensionary and other benefits in the light of judgment dated 20.12.2024 passed by this Hon'ble Court in Writ Petition No. 12603 of 2024. In this regard, the petitioner has moved a representation/application which is pending consideration. 4. Learned Standing Counsel has submitted that no useful purpose would be served in keeping this petition pending and it would be appropriate to direct the respondent authority to decide the representation/application of the petitioner within a time frame as fixed by this Court. 5. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, the present petition stands disposed of finally with a direction to respondent authority to consider and decide the aforementioned representation/application of the petitioner, in accordance with law, expeditiously, preferably within a period of twelve weeks from the date of production of a certified copy of this order after giving opportunity of hearing to the parties concerned provided that there is no other legal impediment. October 9, 2026 Ved Prakash WRIA No. 16734 of 2026 2 (Manish Kumar Nigam,J.) Digitally signed by :- VED PRAKASH SHARMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad Digitally signed by :- VED PRAKASH SHARMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad