Shishir Kant Garg v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Food and Civil Supplies Deptt. Lko. and Another

Court No. - 20 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 8373 of 2023 Petitioner :- Shishir Kant Garg Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Food And Civil Supplies Deptt. Lko. And Another Counsel for Petitioner :- Jagdambika Prasad Tripathi,Indra Jeet Yadav,Vishwanath Prasad Tripathi Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Manish Mathur,J.

¶1Heard learned counsel for petitioner and learned State Counsel appearing on behalf of opposite parties.

¶2Petition has been filed seeking a direction to opposite parties to consider petitioner's promotion on the post of Area Marketing Officer with effect from 06.06.2019 which is the date on which persons junior to petitioner was granted such promotion. Consequential benefits with effect from the said date has also been sought.

¶3It has been submitted that earlier petitioner was not considered for the said promotion on account of the fact that entries in his Annual Character Roll has not been completed which are now complete and petitioner is also duly qualified and eligible for such promotion. It is further submitted that there are number of vacancies on the promotional post on which petitioner can be considered.

¶4For the aforesaid grievance, petitioner has already submitted a representation but seeks liberty to file fresh representation before the concerned authority. At present learned counsel for petitioner restricts his prayer for a final decision with regard to same.

¶5Considering innocuous prayer being made by learned counsel for petitioner and without entering into the merits of the case petitioner is granted liberty to file a fresh representation before opposite party No.2 i.e. The Commissioner, Food & Civil Supplies Department, U. P. Jawahar Bhawan, Lucknow. In case such a representation is filed, the same shall be considered and decided by a reasoned and speaking order within a period of eight weeks from the date a certified copy of this order is produced before the said authority.

¶6With the aforesaid observation, petition stands disposed of. Order Date :- 28.10.2023 Subodh/- High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench