HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW WRIT - A No. - 12495 of 2025 Court No. - 7 HON'BLE MANISH MATHUR, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for petitioner and learned State counsel for opposite parties no.1, 3 & 4 while notices on behalf of opposite party no.2 has been accepted by Mr. Shikhar Anand, Advocate. 2. The present petition has been filed seeking the following main relief:- "(i). Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of Mandamus commanding the Opposite Parties to ignore the punishment of Censure Entry dated 18.08.2024 and the appellate order (undated, received on 19.12.2024) while considering the petitioner for promotion to the post of Deputy Superintendent of Police, during pendency of Claim Petition No.2646 of 2024 before the U.P. State Public Services Tribunal, Lucknow." 3. Learned counsel for petitioner has placed reliance on paragraph 3.4 of the Government Order dated 06.05.2022 to submit that minor penalty once awarded to an employee is required to be taken into account for proceedings of one Departmental Promotional Committee but are liable to be ignored for the second time. 4. It is submitted that in pursuance thereof, although the order dated 18.08.2024 is under challenge before the Tribunal, the same entry is Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Chandra Prakash Dwivedi, Kartikeya Dwivedi Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., Shikhar Anand Inspector Vegpal Singh .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. And 3 Others .....Respondent(s) liable to be ignored in terms of the aforesaid provision of Government Order in the subsequent Departmental Promotion Committee which is under contemplation in terms of letter dated 04.10.2025. 5. Learned State counsel has not been provided any instructions in this matter. 6. Since consideration of petitioner's grievance would entail factual aspects, without entering into merits of the case, liberty is granted to petitioner to file a fresh representation before concerned authority may consider and decide the same prior to the next Departmental Promotion Committee. 7. With the aforesaid observations and directions, the petition is finally disposed of. October 28, 2025 Subodh/- WRIA No. 12495 of 2025 2 (Manish Mathur,J.) Digitally signed by :- SUBODH KUMAR SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench