Deepak Sehra v. State of U.P. Thru. Its Prin. Secy. Deptt. of Public Works, Govt. of U.P. Lucknow and 4 Others

Court No. - 20 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 9737 of 2023 Petitioner :- Deepak Sehra Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Its Prin. Secy. Deptt. Of Public Works, Govt. Of U.P. Lucknow And 4 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Ashish Kumar Singh Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Manish Mathur,J. Heard learned counsel for petitioner and learned State Counsel appearing on behalf of opposite parties. Petition has been filed challenging posting order dated 30the June, 2023 and consequent relieving order dated 8th December, 2023. It has been submitted that by means of impugned order, petitioner has been posted after being promoted on the post of Senior Assistant. It is however submitted that petitioner has been discriminated against since other persons have been retained in their earlier posting whereas petitioner has been transferred and posted in another place. It has been submitted that against order dated 30th June, 2023, petitioner had already submitted a representation dated 3rd July, 2023 which is yet pending consideration before the opposite party. At present learned counsel for the petitioner restricts his prayer for a final decision with regard to same. Considering innocuous prayer being made by learned counsel for petitioner and without entering into the merits of the case, opposite party No. 2 i.e. Engineer in Chief (Development)/Head of Department, Public Works Department, Lucknow is directed to decide representation dated 3rd July, 2023 within a period of two weeks from the date a certified copy of this order is submitted before him. The petitioner shall annex a copy of the aforesaid representation dated 3rd July, 2023 along with copy of this order. With the aforesaid observations, the writ petition stands disposed of. Order Date :- 19.12.2023 prabhat High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench