Bramhved Pandey v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. Social Welfare, Govt. U.P. Lucknow and 2 Others

Court No. - 20 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 8627 of 2023 Petitioner :- Bramhved Pandey Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. Social Welfare, Govt. U.P. Lucknow And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Yogendra Nath Yadav,Manjari Singh,Saurabh Yadav,Sayyed Farooq Ahmad,Vikrant Prakash 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 claim for grant of notional promotion on the post of Assistant Development Officer (Social Welfare) from the date when persons junior to petitioner namely Mohd. Arif Fasihi has been so promoted with effect from 22.12.2016.

¶3For the aforesaid grievance, petitioner has already submitted a representation dated 09.10.2023. At present learned counsel for petitioner restricts his prayer for a final decision with regard to same.

¶4Considering innocuous prayer being made by learned counsel for petitioner and without entering into the merits of the case, opposite party No.2 i.e. Director, Department of Social Welfare, Govt. U.P., Lucknow is directed to consider and decide representation dated 09.10.2023 by reasoned and speaking order within a period of eight weeks from the date a certified copy of this order is produced before said authority.

¶5With the aforesaid observation, petition stands disposed of. Order Date :- 6.11.2023 Subodh/- High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench