Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:68943 Court No. - 5 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 5758 of 2025 Petitioner :- Kuldeep Kumar Respondent :- State Of Uttar Pradesh And 10 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Sr. Advocate,Vishakha Pande,Yashaswin Venugopal Bajpai Counsel for Respondent :- Archit Mandhyan,C.S.C. Hon'ble Ajay Bhanot,J. The petitioner is aggrieved by denial of promotion to the post of Mandi Supervisor Grade-II. He has made a representation for considering his claim to be promoted to the aforesaid post but to no avail. The only prayer made by Shri Rakesh Pande, learned Senior Counsel assisted by Shri Jyoti Prakash, learned counsel for the petitioner is that the representation of the petitioner may be decided within a stipulated period of time. Shri S.C. Dwivedi, learned counsel for the respondent nos. 2 to 5 submits that the claim of the petitioner for promotion has to be decided in light of seniority, merit and service records of the petitioner and relevant service rules by the competent authority in the first instance. However, he fairly submits that some other persons have already been promoted and are liable to be heard. In wake of the preceding discussion and without going into the merits of the case, the respondent authorities are directed execute the following directions: I. The respondent authorities shall decide the claim of the petitioner regarding his eligibility for promotion to the post of Mandi Supervisor Grade-II after considering all relevant facts including applicable provisions of law, seniority, service records and relevant service rules in accordance with law. II. The exercise shall be completed within a period of four months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order along with a fresh copy of the representation. With the aforesaid directions the writ petition is disposed of. Order Date :- 1.5.2025 Dhananjai Digitally signed by :- DHANANJAI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad