Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:11723 Court No. - 5 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 889 of 2025 Petitioner :- Shailendra Kumar Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 5 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- R.K. Mishra Counsel for Respondent :- Adarsh Bhushan,C.S.C.,Manoj Kumar Srivastava Hon'ble Ajay Bhanot,J. Heard Shri R.K. Mishra, learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Standing Counsel for the respondent No.1-State, Shri Adarsh Bhushan, learned counsel for the respondent No.2, and Shri Pankaj Srivastava, learned counsel for the respondents No.3, 4, 5 and 6. The petitioner claims that he is entitled to the benefit of Assured Career Progression and annual increments. He has made a representation in this regard but to no avail. Learned Standing Counsel for the respondent No.1-State, Shri Adarsh Bhushan, learned counsel for the respondent No.2, and Shri Pankaj Srivastava, learned counsel for the respondents No.3, 4, 5, 6 submit that the matter requires determination of facts by the competent authority as per law in the first instance. However, they fairly contend that his service benefit is liable to be decided by the competent authority in a reasonable time frame. In light of the aforesaid submissions and without going into the merits of the case, the respondent No.5-Executive Engineer, Vidyut Vitran Khand Meja, PU.VVNL, Prayagraj shall decide the representation of the petitioner regarding grant of Assured Career Progression and annual increments as per law within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order along with a fresh copy of the representation. With the aforesaid direction, the writ petition is finally disposed of. Order Date :- 23.1.2025 Ashish Tripathi Digitally signed by :- ASHISH NAYAN TRIPATHI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad