Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:4245 Court No. - 6 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 12490 of 2024 Petitioner :- Dr. Shalini Gupta Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Medical Health Lko. U.P. And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Ajeet Kumar Mishra Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Alok Mathur,J. 1. Supplementary affidavit as well as vakalatnama of Sri Nishit Mishra, Advocate filed on behalf of petitioner are taken on record. 2. It is submitted by Sri Nishit Mishra, learned counsel for the petitioner that petitioner is presently posted as Director, Medical Care in the Office of Director General, Medical and Health Services, Lucknow. It is stated that though the petitioner is placed at Sl. No. 7290, but has not been granted benefit of promotion i.e. Pay Matrix Level-15, while her juniors namely Dr. Sushma Singh, Dr. Tatan Pal and Dr. Pawan Kumar Arun who are lower in the seniority list were promoted as Director General on 13.12.2022. Despite the fact that several vacancies of the promotional post are vacant and the petitioner is also eligible for promotion, he has not been given the aforesaid benefit. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner after arguing the matter up to some length submits that grievance of the petitioner shall be substantially redressed in case respondent no. 1 - Principal Secretary, Medical and Health, Government of U.P. Lucknow is directed to consider and decide the grievance of the petitioner as contained in her representation annexed as Annexure No. 5 to the writ petition. 4. Leaned Standing Counsel does not object to the prayer made by learned counsel for the petitioner. 5. Accordingly, present writ petition is disposed of with liberty to the petitioner to move fresh representation with regard to his grievance pertaining to his promotion to the next higher grade. Let fresh representation alongwith certified copy of this order, be made before respondent no. 1 within next ten days. In case any such representation is made by the petitioner within aforesaid period, respondent no. 1 is directed to proceed to consider and decide the same expeditiously, say within six weeks from the date of receipt of representation, in accordance with law by means of reasoned and speaking order and communicate the decision to the petitioner. Order Date :- 22.1.2025 A. Verma (Alok Mathur, J.) Digitally signed by :- ANURAG VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench