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2025 DAILYLAW 119868 (ALL)

KRISHNA DEV PRAJAPATI AND ANOTHER v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. ITS ADDL. CHIEF SECY. DEPTT. OF CULTURE AFFAIRS AND 2 OTHERS

/1053/2025 · 2025-01-27

Alok Mathur

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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:5112 Court No. - 6 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 1053 of 2025 Petitioner :- Krishna Dev Prajapati And Another Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Its Addl. Chief Secy. Deptt. Of Culture Affairs And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Ashwini Kumar Tripathi,Krishan Mohan Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Alok Mathur,J. 1. Heard Sri Ashwini Kumar Tripathi, learned counsel for the petitioners as well as learned Standing counsel for the respondents. 2. It has been submitted on behalf of the petitioners that the petitioners are working on the post of Parichar (Class IV) since 14.12.2011 and 27.3.2008 respectively in Puravshesh Evam Bahumulya Kalakriti, Ayodhya Cultural Department. They have been repeatedly making requests for their services to be regularized and their case had duly been forwarded by Director, Cultural Directorate, Lucknow to Director, U.P. Museum and Archaeological Department, Lucknow but till date no decision has been taken and accordingly present writ petition has been filed seeking a direction to the respondents to regularize the services of the petitioners. 3. After arguing the matter at some length, learned counsel for the petitioner confines his prayer for a suitable direction to opposite party No.2 to consider and decide petitioners' representation dated 20.8.2024, as contained in Annexure No.5 to the writ petition, expeditiously. 4. Learned State counsel does not oppose the aforesaid prayer of the petitioner. 5. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to opposite party No.2 i.e. Director, Department of Culture, U.P., Lucknow to consider and decide petitioners' representation dated 20.8.2024, as contained in Annexure No.5 to the writ petition, expeditiously, say within a period of six weeks from the date a certified copy of this order is placed before him, by passing a reasoned and speaking order, in accordance with law and communicate the decision to the petitioners. (Alok Mathur, J.) Order Date :- 27.1.2025 RKM. Digitally signed by :- RAKESH KUMAR MAURYA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench