SHALINI RAI AND 14 OTHERS v. UNION OF INDIA AND 4 OTHERS
WRIA/12060/2025 · 2025-08-21
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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:145036 Court No. - 32 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 12060 of 2025 Petitioner :- Shalini Rai And 14 Others Respondent :- Union Of India And 4 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Santosh Kumar Singh Counsel for Respondent :- A.S.G.I.,Dhananjay Awasthi,Hem Pratap Singh,Manoj Kumar Singh Hon'ble Chandra Dhari Singh,J.
1. The instant writ petition has been filed seeking for the following reliefs:-
" I) issue a writ or order, direction in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents (especially respondent no.3/ The Registrar Admin (Non- Teaching) BHU Varanasi) to decide the claim of the petitioners to be consider for the promotion on the post of Senior Nursing Officer (SNO) and Assistant Nursing Superintendent (ANS), from the date of their eligibility and availability of vacancy, alongwith all consequential benefit within stipulated time fixed by this Hon'ble Court. II) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents (especially respondent no.3/ The Registrar Admin (Non- Teaching) BHU Varanasi) to take appropriate decision over the application of the petitioner dated 30.5.2025 (Annexure No.8) within prescribed period as
directed by this Hon'ble Court."
2. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of petitioners without entering into the merits of the case made innocuous prayer that he may be permitted to file fresh representation before respondent no.3 and a direction may be issued to him to decide the same in time bound manner.
3. Mrs. Pooja Agarwal, learned counsel appearing on behalf of respondent nos. 2 to 4 vehemently opposed the petition on merit, but she has no objection on the prayer made by learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners.
4. Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners,
learned Standing Counsel for the State-Respondents, Sri Manoj Kumar Singh, learned counsel appearing on behalf of respondent No.1, Mrs. Pooja Agarwal, learned counsel appearing on behalf of respondent nos. 2, 3 and 4 and perused the contents made in the writ petition.
5. Without entering into merits of the case, I am inclined to allow the innocuous prayer made by learned counsel for the petitioners as no objection made by learned counsel for the respondents. Petitioners are directed to file a fresh representation along with the present writ petition and certified copy of this order before respondent no.3 Registrar, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi (U.P.) within 10 days. After receiving the said representation, the respondent no.3 is directed to decide the said representation in accordance with law, expeditiously, preferably within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of the said representation.
6. With the aforesaid directions/observations, the present writ petition is disposed of.
Order Date :- 22.8.2025 AKT (Chandra Dhari Singh, J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHOK KUMAR TRIPATHI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad