1 / 3 2025:CGHC:18928 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 1827 of 2025 1 - Man Singh Dhruw S/o Shri Sukhram Dhruw Aged About 61 Years R/o Q. No.-27, Amay Vihar, Telibandha, Raipur, District Raipur Chhattisgarh ... Petitioner(s) versus 1 - State of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, Public Works Department, Mahanadi Bhawan, Naya Raipur Atal Nagar, Raipur, Chhattisgarh 2 - Under Secretary Public Works Department, Mahanadi Bhawan, Naya Raipur Atal Nagar, Raipur, Chhattisgarh 3 - Chhattisgarh Public Service Commission Through The Secretary, North Block, Sector-19, Nava Raipur, Atal Nagar, Chhattisgarh 4 - Engineer-In-Chief Public Works Department Nirman Bhavan, Sector- 19, Atal Nagar, Raipur, District Raipur Chhattisgarh ... Respondents (Cause title is taken from Case Information System) For Petitioner : Mr. Jitendra Pali For Respondents/State : Mr. Akhilesh Kumar, G.A. For Respondent No.3 : Mr. Siddhant Das, Advocate on behalf of Mr. Gary Mukhopadhyay, Advocate (HON’BLE SHRI JUSTICE BIBHU DATTA GURU) Order on Board AMARDEEP CHOUBEY Digitally signed by AMARDEEP CHOUBEY Date: 2025.04.28 18:22:45 +0530 2 / 3 25/04/2025 1. By the present writ petition, the petitioner is retired Assistant Engineer who retired from service after filing of this writ petition, is seeking a direction towards the respondents to convene the meeting of Review Departmental Promotion Committee (DPC) for promotion to the post of Executive Engineer with effect from 2008. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has already submitted a representation Annexure P-7 to the Secretary, Public Works Department on 19/11/2024 by raising his grievance and requesting to convey review DPC and to grant promotion from the date when the persons junior to the petitioner have been promoted. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the writ petition be disposed of with a direction to the respondent/Secretary to consider the representation submitted by the petitioner in accordance with law within a stipulated period. 3. Learned counsel for the State/respondent No.1 submits that if the representation of the petitioner is still pending before the respondent No.1, the same shall be considered in accordance with law within a period of 50 days. 4. I have heard learned counsel for the parties, perused the pleadings and documents. 5. It appears that the petitioner has submitted a representation to the Secretary, Public Works Department, when he was in service and requested for review DPC as well as grant of promotion from the date when the persons junior to the petitioner were granted promotion, however, the said representation is still pending and 3 / 3 the same has not been decided till date, hence, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondent No.1/Secretary, Public Works Department to decide the representation in accordance with law within a period of 50 days from the date of receipt of copy of this order. 6. With the aforesaid observation and direction, the writ petition stands disposed of. SD/- (BIBHU DATTA GURU) JUDGE Amardeep