C/M, Public Inter College, Kheeri Thru. Manager, Vijay Kumar Maheshwari and Another v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Secondary Education, Lucknow and 5 Others

Court No. - 7 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 8779 of 2023 Petitioner :- C/M, Public Inter College, Kheeri Thru. Manager, Vijay Kumar Maheshwari And Another Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Secondary Education, Lucknow And 5 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Pradeep Kumar Shukla Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Abdul Moin,J. Heard Sri Abhuday Mishra, Advocate, holding brief of Sri Pradip Kumar Shukla, learned counsel for the petitioners and learned Standing Counsel for the respondents no. 1 to 5. No notice be issued to respondent no. 6 taking into consideration the nature of order proposed to be passed. The instant writ petition has been filed praying for a writ of mandamus commanding the respondent no. 4 i.e. Joint Director, Secondary Education, Lucknow to decide the controversy in election of committee of management as raised by the respondent no. 5 vide letter dated 28.01.2023. The contention of learned counsel for the petitioners is that the aforesaid matter is pending for consideration before the respondent no. 4 since January 2023 and the same has still not been decided. On the other hand, Shri Saharsh Srivastava, learned Standing Counsel appearing for the respondents no. 1 to 5 states that the matter is still pending for consideration before the respondent no. 4 and a decision would be taken in this regard. Considering the aforesaid, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondent no. 4 to decide the controversy pending before him in accordance with law and relevant rules after due opportunity of hearing to all parties concerned within a period of three weeks' from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order. It is made clear that this Court has not gone into the merits of the claim set forth by the petitioner. Order Date :- 17.10.2023 J.K. Dinkar High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench