Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:909 Court No. - 6 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 12811 of 2024 Petitioner :- Dr. Virendra Kumar Maurya Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Animal Husbandry Deptt. Lko. And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Alok Kumar Rawat Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Alok Mathur,J. 1. Heard Sri Alok Kumar Mishra, learned counsel for petitioner as well as learned Standing Counsel for respondents. 2. It has been submitted by learned counsel for petitioner that petitioner while working on the post of Dy. Director in the Animal Husbandry Department was subjected to disciplinary proceedings. During pendency of the disciplinary proceedings, the case of the petitioner for promotion to the post of Joint Director came for consideration before the Departmental Promotion Committee and his case was put in seal cover. 3. It has been submitted by learned counsel for petitioner that the disciplinary proceedings concluded by order dated 28.12.2021 where the charges against the petitioner could not be proved but in the meanwhile the petitioner had superannuated on 31.10.2021 and consequently the respondents did not give effect to the seal cover nor did they open the seal cover. It has further been submitted that petitioner has been repeatedly moving representations to the respondents to open seal cover and in case the petitioner found fit for promotion to the post of Joint Director, the said order be given effect to from the date his juniors have been promoted on the said post. 4. After arguing the matter at some length learned counsel for petitioner submits that grivance of the petition shall be substantially redressed in case respondent No. 2 is directed to consider and decide the grievance of the petitioner as raised in the representation dated 27.01.2022 (Annxure No. 8) in a time bound manner. 5. Learned Standing counsel does not oppose the innocuous prayer as made by learned counsel for petitioner. 6. Accordingly, without entering into merits of the case, the writ petition is disposed of with a liberty to the petitioner to move a present representation before respondent No. 2 raising his grievances which he has raised in the present writ petition with two weeks from today and in case such a representation is moved, the same shall be considered and decided by respondent No. 2 expeditiously, say, within a period of six weeks there after in accordance with law and communicate the decision to the petitioner. (Alok Mathur, J.) Order Date :- 7.1.2025 Ravi/ Digitally signed by :- RAVI SHANKAR SRIVASTAV High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench