Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:35965 Court No. - 5 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 9496 of 2024 Petitioner :- Ashok Sharma Respondent :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Petitioner :- Mohd. Hesamuddin Khan Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Pankaj Srivastava Hon'ble Ajay Bhanot,J. Heard Shri Mohd. Hesamuddin Khan, learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Standing Counsel for the State- respondent No. 1 and Shri Pankaj Srivastava, learned counsel for the respondent No. 2. The petitioner retired from service in the year 2014. The petitioner has filed this writ petition in the year 2024 seeking enhanced grade. The petitioner has approached this Court after a delay of more than 10 years. No satisfactory cause for the delay has been disclosed in the writ petition. The writ petition is dismissed on the ground of delay and laches. It is well settled law that the repeated representations will not condone the delay. Order Date :- 11.3.2025 Jaswant Digitally signed by :- JASWANT KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad