Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:63530 Court No. - 5 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 5349 of 2025 Petitioner :- Rakesh Kumar Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Kundan Rai Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Mahesh Narayan Mishra Hon'ble Ajay Bhanot,J. The petitioner has filed a departmental appeal against the order of termination before the competent authority but to no avail. The only prayer made by Shri Ashok Kumar Lal, learned counsel holding brief of Shri Kundan Rai, learned counsel for the petitioner is that the departmental appeal of the petitioner may be decided within a stipulated period of time. Shri Mahesh Narayan Mishra, learned counsel for the respondent nos. 3, 4 fairly submits the departmental appeal is liable to be decided by the competent authority in a reasonable time frame. In wake of the submissions made at the Bar and without going into the merits of the case, the respondent no. 2 is directed to decide the departmental appeal of the petitioner in accordance with law within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order along with a fresh copy of the representation. With the aforesaid direction, the writ petition is finally disposed of. Order Date :- 25.4.2025 Dhananjai Digitally signed by :- DHANANJAI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad