Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:27667 Court No. - 3 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 5107 of 2025 Petitioner :- Priti Gupta And 3 Others Respondent :- U.P. Jal Nigam (Urban) Thru. Managing Director Lko. And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Savita Jain Counsel for Respondent :- Rishabh Kapoor Hon'ble Rajesh Singh Chauhan,J. 1. Heard Ms. Savita Jain, learned counsel for the petitioners and Sri Rishabh Kapoor, learned counsel for the opposite parties. 2. By means of this writ petition, the petitioners have prayed for the following relief:- "(a) to issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding and directing the opposite parties to consider the candidature of the petitioners for promotion on the post of Routine Grade Clerk i.e. Class-III post as per their eligibility expeditiously or within the time stipulated by this Hon'ble Court." 3. Learned counsel for the petitioners has submitted that for redressal of their grievance, the petitioners have preferred representations dated 30.07.2019, 06.09.2019 and 27.10.2020 to the opposite party Nos.2 & 3, but no decision has been taken on the same till date. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioners has further submitted that the petitioners are ready to prefer a fresh representation to the Competent Authority, therefore, they may be permitted to prefer a fresh representation to the Competent Authority and direction may be issued him to consider and decide the said representation within a stipulated time. 5. Learned counsel for the opposite parties has no objection if direction is issued to the Competent Authority to consider and decide the representation of the petitioner within a stipulated time. 6. In view of the above, without entering into merits of the issue, the instant writ petition is being disposed of finally at the admission stage permitting the petitioners to prefer a fresh separate representation to the opposite party No.2 i.e. the Chief Engineer (E-3), U.P. Jal Nigam (Urban), 6-Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow taking all pleas and grounds which are available with them annexing therewith copy of their earlier representation, if any, and the relevant documents in support of their claim within a period of fifteen days from today, and if any such representations are preferred by the petitioners within the aforesaid stipulated time, the authority concerned shall consider and decide the representations of the petitioners, strictly in accordance with law by passing a speaking and reasoned order, with expedition preferably within a period of ten weeks from the date of presentation of a certified copy of this order along with representation and the decision thereof be intimated to the petitioners forthwith. 7. In view of the aforesaid terms, the instant writ petition is disposed of finally. . [Rajesh Singh Chauhan,J.] Order Date :- 12.5.2025 Suresh/ Digitally signed by :- SURESH CHANDRA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench