Shiv Narayan Thakur v. State of U.P. and 5 Others

Court No. - 34 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 20530 of 2023 Petitioner :- Shiv Narayan Thakur Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 5 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Gopal Ji Rai Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Ajit Kumar,J. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Standing Counsel for the State respondents. Petitioner, who is currently working as Senior Assistant in Irrigation Department, is seeking promotion on the post of Head Assistant, however, his promotion is not being accorded due consideration on account of pending queries regarding his service record made to the Executive Engineer, Kanhar Nahar Pariyojna Khand-6, Mirzapur, namely, respondent No.- 4 by the Superintending Engineer, Kanhar Constructions Board-2, Mirzapur, namely, respondent No.- 6 under his letter dated 8th September, 2023. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that in his tern Executive Engineer concerned has written a letter to the Executive Engineer, Quality Control Section-52, Cantt., Kanpur, namely, respondent No.- 5 as the service book has been sent to him for proper verification. However, nothing further has transpired after letter was written on 5th September, 2013. The Court considers it appropriate, at this stage, to direct the respondent No.- 5 to immediately do the needful in the matter and return the records to the respondent No.- 4 within three weeks from the date of production of certified copy of this order and respondent No.- 4 shall forward the same to the respondent No.- 6 for further action in the matter within the next two weeks' time. The respondent No.- 6 after due verification of the record will process the matter further and will do all possible effort to ensure that promotions are made in accordance with law and shall pass orders within a further period of three months considering the seniority etc. as the rules may provide. With the aforesaid observations and directions, this petition stands disposed of. Order Date :- 11.12.2023 Atmesh High Court of Judicature at Allahabad