Ankesh Kumar Awasthi v. State of U.P. Thru. Addl. Prin. Secy. Basic Education Lko. and 3 Others

Court No. - 7 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 10023 of 2023 Petitioner :- Ankesh Kumar Awasthi Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Prin. Secy. Basic Education Lko. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Pawan Kumar Pandey,Ajay Kumar Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Prashant Kumar Singh,Ran Vijay Singh Hon'ble Abdul Moin,J. Heard Sri Pawan Kumar Pandey, learned Counsel for the petitioner. Notice for opposite party No.-1 has been accepted by the office of learned Chief Standing Counsel and Sri Prashant Kumar Singh, learned Advocate has accepted notices on behalf of opposite party nos.-3 and 4 and Shri Ran Vijay Singh, learned Advocate has accepted notice on behalf of respondent no. 2. By means of this petition, petitioner has prayed that the District Basic Education Officer, Hardoi, be directed to include the services of the petitioner rendered as Prison Guard in District Jail Jhansi from 02.12.2002 to 26.01.2015 and thereby deduct GPF contribution. Learned counsel for the petitioner has drawn attention of this Court towards the Government Order dated 16.9.2010 contained as Annexure No.-10 to the writ petition, wherein it has been indicated that if an employee has rendered his/her services in any other department of State Government, his/her services shall be counted for the purposes of pensionary benefits etc. He has further submitted that pursuant to the correspondence made by the District Basic Education Officer, Hardoi, the District T.B.Officer Hardoi has sent the relevant papers of the petitioner to the Office of District Basic Education Officer, Hardoi on

27.6.2016, but till date no decision has been taken by the District Basic Education Officer, Hardoi. Learned Counsel for the petitioner has also submitted that petitioner has preferred a detailed representation dated 11.10.2023 to the District Basic Education Officer, Hardoi, but the said representation has yet not been disposed of, therefore, he has submitted that a direction for disposal of the aforesaid representation may be issued. Therefore, without entering into the merits of the issue, the aforesaid authority concerned is directed to decide the representation of the petitioner dated

11.10.2023 by speaking and reasoned order, strictly in accordance with law, expeditiously within a period of three months from the production of certified copy of order of this court. In view of the aforesaid terms, the writ petition is disposed of finally. Order Date :- 22.12.2023/Mohit Singh/- High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench