^ ^•^ ^ Petitioner Respondersts HIGH COURT OF CHHATTiSGARH: BJLASPUR Writ Petition (Si No. 3S79 of 2<^ Pawan Kumar Markandey, aged 49 years, Son of iate Shri Ram Prasad Markandey, resldent of Durg, TahslE and Distrid: Durg. Versus 1) State Government of Chhattisgam, through the Secretary, Scheduie Tribe & Scheduie Caste •Deveiopment Department Ministry,, 'D.K.S. Bhavan, Raipur (CG). 2) Assistant Director, Aadiwass Vikash, Durg (CG). (Writ Petition under Articie 226 of the Constltutson of indla) SB: Hon'bieMr. Satish K. Agnihotri.J. Present: Shri Ajay Shrivastava, counsei for the petltloner. Shri Arun Sao, Govt. Advocate for the State. Raju ORAL ORDER (Passed on 10m day oTJuly, 20^) With consent of iearned counsel appearlng for both the parties, the matter is heard finaliy. 1) Learned counsei appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner does not want to press this petltion on merits at thls stage. However, the petitioner prays that the representation dated 3-7-2008 (Annexure P/6) pending before the Goncemed authorities may be directaJ to be decided wlthin the prescribed time. 2) Shri Arun Sao, iearned Govt. Advocate appearing for the State submits that there is no reason why the pending representation shouid not be decided by the cpncerned authorlty, expeditiously. 3) in view of the foregoing, the petition i8 disposed of 'with a direction to the concerned authorities to consider and decide the representation as stated above, sn accordance with iaw, on its own merits, as early as possibJe, preferabiy within a period of two weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Mr. Sao further submits that no coefcive steps shati be taken, tili the disposai of the representation. Sd/- Satish KAgnihotri Judge