KUNWARJEET CHAUHAN v. UNION OF INDIA THRU. SECY. MINISTRY OF FINANCE NEW DELHI AND 3 OTHERS
WRIA/4419/2025 · 2025-04-23
Rajesh Singh Chauhan
body2025
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[ 2025 DAILYLAW 135734 (ALL) · dailylaw.ai ]
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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:23037 Court No. - 3 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 4419 of 2025 Petitioner :- Kunwarjeet Chauhan Respondent :- Union Of India Thru. Secy. Ministry Of Finance New Delhi And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Ajay Kumar Singh Counsel for Respondent :- A.S.G.I.,Prashant Kumar Srivastava Hon'ble Rajesh Singh Chauhan,J. Heard Sri Ajay Kr. Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner. Sri Rupendra Kumar Singh has filed memo of appearance on behalf of opposite party nos. 1 and 4 and Sri Prashant Srivastava has accepted notice on behalf of opposite party nos. 2 and 3. By means of the instant petition, the petitioner has prayed the following relief:-
"(i) A writ order or direction in the nature of mandamus thereby directing the Opp. Party No.2 & 3 to Promote the Petitioner from the post of Senior Manager to the Post of Chief Manager from the date when he becomes eligible with all consequential benefits alongwith arrears and interest. (ii) A writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus thereby directing Opp. Party No.2 & 3 to decide the representation dated 12.3.2025 within stipulated time by reasoned and speaking order as contained in Annexure No. 6 to this Writ Petition."
Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is ready to prefer a fresh representation to the Competent Authority, therefore, he may be permitted to prefer a fresh representation to the opposite party No. 3, i.e., Zonal Manger, Bank of Baroda, Zonal Office-V-23, Vibhuti Khand, Gomti Nagar, Lucknow and a direction may be issued to him to consider and decide the said representation of the petitioner with expedition. Learned Standing Counsel has no objection if direction for disposal of the said representation is issued. Therefore, in view of the above, without entering into merits of the issue, I hereby dispose of this petition finally at the admission stage giving liberty to the petitioner to prefer a fresh representation to the opposite party No.3 i.e., Zonal Manger,
Bank of Baroda, Zonal Office-V-23, Vibhuti Khand, Gomti Nagar, Lucknow, also the copy thereof may be sent to the opposite party no. 2, i.e., Chief Labour Commissioner, (Central), Kendriya Bhawan, Aliganj, Lucknow ventilating his grievance taking all pleas and grounds which are available with him enclosing therewith the copy of his earlier representation, if any, which are necessary for disposal of the representation within a period of fifteen days from today and if such representation is preferred by the petitioner within the aforesaid stipulated time, the authority concerned shall consider and dispose of the same strictly, by speaking and reasoned order in accordance with law after affording an opportunity of hearing to the petitioner, if it is so required, with expedition preferably, within a period of two months from the date of receipt of certified copy of this order and the decision thereof shall be intimated to the petitioner forthwith. It is needless to say that if the petitioner is suitable for the promotion and similarly placed persons have been given such promotion and if there is no such legal impediment, appropriate
order may be passed within the aforesaid period.
Order Date :- 23.4.2025 Anurag Digitally signed by :- ANURAG SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench