1 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 3159 of 2022  Smt. Mamta Sharma W/o Lae Shri Sudhir Sharma Aged About 52 Years R/o Kapil Nagar, Sarkanda Bilaspur, Police Station - Sarkanda,, District : Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh ... Petitioner(s) versus 1. State Of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary Department Of Public Health Engineering, Mahanadi Bhawan, Mantralaya, Atal Nagar Nagar, Nava Raipur, District : Raipur, Chhattisgarh 2. Engineer-In-Chief Department Of Public Health Engineering, Indiravati Bhawan, Atal Nagar, Nava Raipur,, District : Raipur, Chhattisgarh 3. Prakash Sahu Assistant Grade -1, Department Of Public Health Engineering, Post In The Office Of Superintendent Engineer, Circle Bilaspur, District : Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh 4. Smt. Parul Shrivastava Assistant Grade -I, Department Of Public Health Engineering, Post In The Office Of Superintendent Engineer, Circle Durg, District : Durg, Chhattisgarh ... Respondent(s) For Petitioner : Mr. Abhishek Singh, Advocate For State : Mr. Shubham Bajpai, P.L. Hon’ble Shri Justice Rakesh Mohan Pandey Order On Board 19-08-2025 1) Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that initially, petitioner was appointed to the post of Assistant Grade-III under respondent-department vide order dated 04.07.1994 and she was Digitally signed by AJINKYA PANSARE Date: 2025.08.19 17:22:31 +0530 2 promoted to the post of Assistant Grade-II vide order dated 17.08.2017. He further submits that petitioner is a hard-worker and no inquiry is pending against her but her name has not been considered for promotion to the post of Assistant Grade-I. He contends that respondents No. 3 and 4, who are juniors to her have been promoted to the post of Superintendent, thus there is vacancy in the department. He prays that petitioner may be permitted to make a representation before respondent authorities in this regard and respondent authorities may be directed to decide such representation expeditiously. 2) On the other hand, learned State counsel opposes. 3) Heard. 4) Taking into consideration the limited prayer made by Mr. Singh, this petition at this juncture is being disposed reserving liberty in favor of petitioner to make a representation ventilating her grievances before the Engineer-In-Chief Department Of Public Health Engineering i.e. respondent No. 2, who in turn is directed to decide such representation, preferably within period of 90 days from the receipt of such representation, if so moved by petitioner, strictly in accordance with law. 5) Accordingly, this petition stands disposed of. Sd/- (Rakesh Mohan Pandey) JUDGE Ajinkya