Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:43253 Court No. - 18 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 8234 of 2025 Petitioner :- Niranjan Kumar Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Stamp And Registration Lko. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Ram Raj Ojha,Pallavi Vatsala Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Manish Mathur,J. 1. Heard Mrs. Bulbul Godiyal, learned Senior Counsel assisted by Mr. Ram Raj Ojha, learned counsel for petitioner and learned State Counsel appearing on behalf of opposite parties. 2. Petition has been filed seeking a direction to concerned authority to consider his promotion from the post of Deputy Inspector General (Registration) to the post Additional Inspector General as also for grant of benefits of third Assured Career Progression Scheme which became due in 2019. Further prayer has also been made not to sanction prosecution against petitioner till completion of fair and impartial investigation which is continuing since 05.05.2017. 3. It is submitted by learned counsel for petitioner that he is eligible and qualified for being considered for promotion on the post of Additional Inspector General and a Vigilance Inquiry is pending against him for the past eight years without any final conclusion. It is submitted that continued in Vigilance Inquiry against petitioner is hampering his charges of further career advancement. 4. Since petitioner has already submitted a representation dated 18.06.2025, opposite parties no.1 & 2 Principal Secretary, Stamp and Registration, Government of U.P. Civil Secretariat, Lucknow and Principal Secretary, Vigilance, Government of U.P., Civil Secretariat, Lucknow are directed to consider and decide representation dated 18.06.2025 in accordance with law within a period of eight weeks from the date a certified copy of this order is produced before said authority. Petitioner shall annex a copy of representation dated 18.06.2025 alongwith certified copy of this order. 5. With the aforesaid observation, petition stands disposed of. Order Date :- 28.7.2025 Subodh/- Digitally signed by :- SUBODH KUMAR SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench