Varun Jain v. State of U.P. and 2 Others

Court No. - 34 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 18090 of 2023 Petitioner :- Varun Jain Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Ashok Trivedi,Rahul Trivedi Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Ajit Kumar,J. Heard Sri Ashok Trivedi, learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Standing Counsel for the State respondents. Petitioner, who is currently working as Technical Assistant in the Irrigation Department of State of U.P., was finally appointed and posted at Jalaun at Orai in the year 2021. Petitioner is permanent resident of Lalitpur district where his family resides. Within two years of his joining at Jalaun district petitioner has been transferred under the transfer order dated 30th June, 2023 to Siddharthnagar, where petitioner joined on 20th August, 2023. However, since his wife is having advance stage of pregnancy and his old mother was also to be looked after, it is very difficult for him to travel from Siddharthnagar to Lalitpur which 700 kms away from Lalitpur, therefore, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner's application for making request to transfer in a nearby districts to Lalitpur may be directed to be considered sympathetically looking to the peculiar circumstances of his family. Learned counsel for the petitioner has drawn the attention of the Court towards the application of the petitioner made on 22nd August, 2023 to the Additional Director Agricultural (Administration) U.P., Lucknow which was also sent through registered post on 12th September, 2023. Learned Standing Counsel does not have any objection to the request of pending representation/ application of the petitioner being disposed of by the authority concerned in accordance with law. In view of the above, this petition stands disposed of with a direction to the Additional Director Agriculture (Administration) U.P., Lucknow to look into and consider the grievance of the petitioner as raised in his application/ representation dated 22nd August, 2023 in perspective of the present condition of the family of the petitioner especially medical condition of his wife by taking sympathetic view in the matter and decide the same as expeditiously as possible preferably within a period of three weeks from the date of production of certified copy of this order. Order Date :- 28.10.2023 Atmesh High Court of Judicature at Allahabad