Dr. Mohan Chandra Bhatt v. State of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy./Prin. Secy. Ayush, U.P. Lucknow and Another

Court No. - 20 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 8505 of 2023 Petitioner :- Dr. Mohan Chandra Bhatt Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy./Prin. Secy. Ayush, U.P. Lucknow And Another Counsel for Petitioner :- Raj Kumar Upadhyaya (R.K.Upadhyaya) Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Manish Mathur,J.

¶1Heard learned counsel for petitioner and learned State Counsel for opposite parties.

¶2Petition has been filed seeking a direction to opposite parties for grant of third A.C.P. on completion of 26 years' of service for which prayer has been made that ad hoc services rendered by petitioner may also be counted. Prayer has also been made for grant of annual increment on notional basis with effect from

01.07.2014 along with arrears of difference of pay/pension and other consequential benefits.

¶3For the said grievance, petitioner has already submitted a representation dated 09.08.2023 before the authority concerned. At present, learned counsel for petitioner restricts prayer with regard to final decision on the same.

¶4Considering the innocuous prayer, without entering into merits, opposite party no.2 i.e. Additional Chief Secretary/Principal Secretary (Finance), U.P., Lucknow is directed to consider and decide representation of petitioner dated 09.08.2023 expeditiously within a period of eight weeks from the date a copy of this order is produced before authority concerned along with a copy of said representation.

¶5With aforesaid observations and directions, the petition is finally disposed of. Order Date :- 2.11.2023 kvg/- High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench