HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW WRIT - A No. - 11298 of 2025 Court No. - 30 HON'BLE MANJIVE SHUKLA, J. 1. Heard Sri Devansh Singh Chauhan, learned Advocate holding brief of Sri Sanjay Yadav, learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Chief Standing Counsel for the respondents. 2. The captioned writ petition has been filed by the petitioner interalia praying therein for the following reliefs:- (i) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of Mandamus Commanding and directing the opposite parties to consider the case of the petitioner for transfer from District Saharanpur to District Gautambudh Nagar Commissionerate on the basis of compassionate (Anukampa) ground where wife of the petitioner is working in the same Department within a stipulated period of time as prescribed by this Hon'ble Court, in the interest of justice. (ii) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of Mandamus commanding the opposite parties to consider and decide the representation of the petitioner contained as Annexure No.3 to this writ petition in the light of provision paragraph-5 of the government order dated 06.05.2025. 3. It has been contended on behalf of the petitioner that he is presently posted as Constable in Civil Police at district Saharanpur and his wife is posted as Constable in district Gautambudh Nagar. It has further been Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Sanjay Yadav Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C. Ankur Kumar (Constable Pno-162535091) .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy.Deptt.Home Govt. Lko. And 3 Others .....Respondent(s) contended that there is a policy applicable in the Police Department of the State of U.P., which provides that if husband and wife both are working in the Police Department then, as far as possible, they shall be posted at the same station. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner has submitted that petitioner had already filed a representation on 06.05.2025 before the Additional Director General Police (Establishment), Police Head Quarter, Lucknow and has prayed that petitioner and his wife may be posted at one station preferably at district Gautambudh Nagar. 5. Learned Chief Standing Counsel appearing for the State-respondents submits that since the petitioner had already made a representation to the competent authority, therefore, she has no objection if a direction is issued by this Court commanding the competent authority to consider and decide petitioner's representation by passing a speaking and reasoned order, within a time frame fixed by this Court. 6. I have considered the submissions made by the learned counsels for the parties and I find that petitioner is presently posted as Constable at district Saharanpur and his wife is posted as Constable at district Gautambudh Nagar. I further find that petitioner in respect of his transfer to the district Gautambudh Nagar, had already submitted his representation on 06.05.2021, which is pending before the competent authority and has not been decided till date. 7. Having considered the facts and circumstances of the case, without entering into merits of this case, this writ petition is finally disposed of with a direction to the Additional Director General Police (Establishment) Police Head Quarter at Lucknow to consider and decide the petitioner's representation dated 06.05.2025 sympathetically, by passing a speaking and reasoned order within a period of three weeks from today. September 23, 2025 Shahnaz WRIA No. 11298 of 2025 2 (Manjive Shukla,J.) Digitally signed by :- SHAHNAZ BANO High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench