Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:18750 Court No. - 3 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 27052 of 2017 Petitioner :- Dr. Udai Raj Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru Prin.Secy.Science And Technology Lko. And Ors Counsel for Petitioner :- Jag Mohan Singh,Birendra Kumar Yadav Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Sharad Pathak Hon'ble Rajesh Singh Chauhan,J. 1.Heard Sri Jag Mohan Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Standing Counsel for the State-respondents and Sri Sharad Pathak, learned counsel for the opposite party Nos.2 & 3. 2. By means of this petition, the petitioner has prayed for the following reliefs:- "(I) To issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding the opposite parties to consider the petitioner for promotion to the post of Scientist 'SD' with effect from 01.01.2003 and Scientist 'SE' with effect from 01.01.2007 and accordingly modify the promotion order of the petitioner dated 19.05.2014 and 03.01.2017, contained as Annexure Nos.4 & 9 to the writ petition, thereafter allow all consequential service benefits, i.e. arrears of salary as well as fixation of seniority etc. in the interest of justice." 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that for redressal of his grievance the petitioner has preferred representation dated 04.02.2016 and its reminder dated 16.02.2016 to the opposite party No.4, which have been annexed as Annexure Nos.6 & 7 to the writ petition, but no appropriate decision has been taken on the same till date. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has further 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.2 i.e. the Director, Remote Sensing Applications Centre, U.P., Sector-G, Jankipuram, Kurshi Road, Lucknow and the direction may be issued him/her to consider and decide the said representation of the petitioner with expedition. 5. Learned counsel for the opposite parties has no objection if direction for disposal of the said representation is issued. 6. In view of the above, without entering into merits of the issue, the instant writ petition is being disposed of finally permitting the petitioner to prefer a fresh representation to the opposite party No.2 i.e. the Director, Remote Sensing Applications Centre, U.P., Sector-G, Jankipuram, Kurshi Road, Lucknow taking all pleas and grounds which are available with him for disposal of the representation annexing therewith copy of his earlier representation, if any, and the relevant documents in support of his claim within a period of fifteen days from today, and if any such representation is preferred by the petitioner within the aforesaid stipulated time, the authority concerned shall consider and decide the representation of the petitioner, strictly in accordance with law by passing a speaking and reasoned order, with expedition, preferably within a period of three months from the date of presentation of a certified copy of this order along with representation and the decision thereof be intimated to the petitioner forthwith. 7. In view of the aforesaid terms, the instant writ petition is disposed of finally. . [Rajesh Singh Chauhan,J.] Order Date :- 4.4.2025 Suresh/ Digitally signed by :- SURESH CHANDRA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench