JUDGMENT :

Manju Rani Chauhan, J.

1. Nobody is present on behalf of respondent Nos. 4 and 5 even in the revised reading of the list.

2. Heard Mr. R.K. Ojha, learned Senior Advocate assisted by Mr. Shivendu Ojha, learned counsel for the petitioners and Dr. Amar Nath Singh, learned Standing Counsel for the State-respondents.

3. Since the pleadings have been exchanged between the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Standing Counsel for the State-respondents, who are the contesting respondents, both the parties agree that the present writ petition may be decided at this stage without calling for any further affidavits, specifically in view of the order proposed to be passed today.

4. By means of the present writ petition, the petitioners have prayed for quashing the impugned order dated 23/24th May, 2018 (Annexure-16 to the writ petition) passed by the Director of Education (Basic), U.P. Lucknow i.e. respondent No. 4 herein. They have further prayed for a mandamus commanding the respondents to consider the case of the petitioners for taking the institution into grant-in-aid list since December, 2006 by ignoring the Government Order dated 13th July, 2017 and also to make paym