HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW WRIT - A No. - 9865 of 2025 Court No. - 8 HON'BLE MANISH MATHUR, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for petitioner, learned State Counsel appearing on behalf of opposite parties no.1 to 5 and Mr. Raj Kumar Upadhyaya (R.K.Upadhyaya), learned counsel for opposite party no.6. 2. Supplementary affidavit filed today is taken on record. 3. Petition has been filed seeking the following prayer:- " (i) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding the opposite parties by directing them to consider the petitioner for promotion to the post of Block Development Officer in Selection Year 2024-25, followed by consequential benefits, alongwith such officers who were promoted to the post of Additional Statistical Officer after 05.05.2003 whose names have been sent to be considered for promotion to the post of Block Development Officer as the petitioner has been given the notional promotion w.e.f. 05.05.2003 on the post of Additional Statistical Officer....." 4. It has been submitted that despite the fact that petitioner is entitled for the benefits as is being sought in the petition, they were not provided to him and now a Departmental Promotion Committee has been constituted for 03.09.2025 with regard to consequential benefits which may be denied to petitioner in case his representation is not considered within time. 5. Learned State Counsel has been provided written instructions dated 31.08.2025, a copy of which is taken on record 6. Considering the present nature of prayer so made by learned counsel for petitioner and that the said aspects are required to be adjudicated upon firstly by the authorities concerned, liberty is granted to petitioner to file a fresh Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Yadukul Shiromani Srivastava (Y.S.Lohit), Aditi Patel, Mamta Tripathi, Shivani Maurya Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., Raj Kumar Upadhyaya (R.K.Upadhyaya) Rakesh Kumar .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Planning Lko. And 5 Others .....Respondent(s) representation before opposite party no. 2 i.e. Additional Chief Secretary, Rural Development, Civil Secretariat, Lucknow or any other competent authority who shall consider and decide the same within a period of three weeks from the date a certified copy of this order is produced before the said authority. Consequential benefits to petitioner shall be subject to final decision so taken. 7. With aforesaid observations, the petition stands disposed of. September 1, 2025 Satish WRIA No. 9865 of 2025 2 (Manish Mathur,J.) Digitally signed by :- SATISH KUMAR BHARATI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench Digitally signed by :- SATISH KUMAR BHARATI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench