Simran Diwakar v. State of U.P. Thru. Its Secy. Medical Education, Lucknow and 2 Others

Court No. - 7 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 8798 of 2023 Petitioner :- Simran Diwakar Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Its Secy. Medical Education, Lucknow And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Rajesh Kumar Srivastava,Ramesh Kumar Srivastava Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,A.S.G.I.,Abhinav Trivedi Hon'ble Abdul Moin,J. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Standing Counsel for respondent no. 1, Shri Gaurav Tripathi, learned counsel appearing for respondent no.2 and Shri Ashish Pathak, Advocate holding brief of Shri Abhinav N. Trivedi, learned counsel for respondent no.3. With the consent of learned counsel appearing for the contesting parties, the writ petition is finally being disposed of. The instant writ petition has been filed praying for a writ of mandamus commanding the respondents to refund the NEET Admission fees of the petitioner. After arguing the matter at some length, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that with regard to the reliefs sought in the writ petition, the petitioner may be permitted to submit a fresh representation before the respondent no.3 i.e. Director General, Medical Education and Training Jawahar Bhawan, UP Lucknow, which may be directed to be decided within a time frame fixed by this Court to which learned Counsel for the respondents has no objection. In view of the above, it is provided that in case the petitioner submits a representation within two weeks from today before respondent no.3 then respondent no.3 shall endevour to decide the same by means of a reasoned and speaking order in accordance with law and the relevant rules within a further period of four weeks from the date of submission of the representation along with certified copy of this order. With the aforesaid direction, writ petition is disposed of. It is made clear that this Court has not gone into the merits of the claim set forth by the petitioner. Order Date :- 11.10.2023 S. Shivhare High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench