Mo Alamgeer v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy., Deptt. of Education, and 4 Others

Court No. - 7 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 9063 of 2023 Petitioner :- Mo Alamgeer Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy., Deptt. Of Education, And 4 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Ramendra Kumar Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Pankaj Gupta,Uday Veer Singh Hon'ble Abdul Moin,J. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Standing Counsel for respondents no. 1 & 4, Dr. Uday Veer Singh, learned counsel for the respondents no. 2 & 3 and Shri Tushar Gupta, Advocate, holding brief of Shri Pankaj Gupta, learned counsel for the respondent no. 5. With the consent of learned counsel appearing for the contesting parties, the writ petition is being finally decided. The instant writ petition has been filed praying for a writ of mandamus commanding the respondents to pay the mid day meal conversion cost from November 2021 to 01.09.2022 which the petitioner claims to have paid. 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.2 i.e. the District Basic Shiksha Adhikari, Gonda 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.2 then respondent no.2 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 six 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 :- 15.12.2023 J.K. Dinkar High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench