Court No. - 4 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 6289 of 2025 Petitioner :- Mahesh Singh Attri Respondent :- The State Of U.P. And 6 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Ambuj Maurya,Atipriya Gautam,Jay Vishwanath Pandey,Sr. Advocate Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Ajit Kumar,J. 1. Heard Mr. Vijay Gautam, learned Senior Advocate assisted by Mr. Ambuj Maurya, learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Standing Counsel for the State. 2. By means of this petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution, petitioner is seeking writ of mandamus to command the respondent authorities to promote the petitioner from the post of Additional Superintendent of Police to Additional Superintendent of Police, Special Grade-II. 3. According to learned Senior Counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner, petitioner is at serial no. 205 in the seniority list published in the year 2019 and every member of the seniority list above him has already stood promoted and even his juniors upto serial no. 267, details whereof have been given in various paragraphs running from paragraph-12 to 17 of the present petition, have also been promoted. 4. It is submitted by learned Senior Advocate appearing on behalf of petitioner that petitioner has become entitled to be promoted in the year 2024. It is further submitted that in above regard, petitioner has already approached the respondent authorities by making representation on 13th March, 2025 copy whereof has been brought on record as annexure-5 to the present petition but no decision has been taken on the same till date. 5. Learned Standing Counsel submits that respondent no. 2 is the competent authority in the matter and accordingly, he may be directed to decide the claim of petitioner in accordance with law. 6. In view of the above, this petition stands disposed of with a direction to respondent no. 2 to look into the grievance of petitioner as has been raised in his representation dated 13th March, 2025 and dispose of the same in accordance with law within a maximum period of two months from the date of presentation of certified copy of this order. 7. Needless to add that the order shall be reasoned and speaking one. Order Date :- 15.5.2025 Shiraz Digitally signed by :- SHIRAZ ALI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad