1 2026:CGHC:23127 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 3894 of 2026 Subhash Jain S/o. Late H.C. Jain Aged Aged About 61 Years Presently Working As Assistant Engineer, O/o Director Of Archaeology, Archives And Museums, Mgm Museum, Civil Lines, Raipur (C.G.) ... Petitioner(s) versus 1. State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, Department Of Culture And Archaeology, Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, Naya Raipur (C.G.) 2. The Secretary, Department Of General Administration, Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, Naya Raipur (C.G.) 3. The Secretary, Department Of Finance, Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, Naya Raipur (C.G.) 4. Director Of Archaeology, Archives And Museums, Mgm Museum, Civil Lines, Raipur (C.G.) ... Respondent(s) For Petitioner(s) : Mr. N. Naha Roy, Advocate For Respondent/ State : Ms. Apurva Nigam, P.L. Hon'ble Justice Shri Bibhu Datta Guru Order on Board 15/05/2026 JYOTI SHARMA Digitally signed by JYOTI SHARMA Date: 2026.05.15 17:54:56 +0530 2 1. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the present petition has been filed seeking a direction towards the respondent authorities to consider the case of the petitioner for promotion to the post of Deputy Director (Technical), as the petitioner has completed the requisite qualifying service and the post of Deputy Director has also been sanctioned in the set up vide order dated 21.05.2025. He further submits that the petitioner is the only eligible candidate available for promotion to the said post and is due to retire on 31.07.2026. It is further submitted that despite repeated requests made by the petitioner for convening the DPC and considering his case for promotion, no action has been taken by the respondents. Learned counsel specifically refers to representation dated 28.07.2025 (Annexure P-6) submitted before the respondent No.1, which is still pending consideration and prays for deciding the same. 2. Learned State counsel, looking to the limited prayer made in the petition, submits that the writ petition may be disposed of with a direction to the State authorities to consider and decide the representation of the petitioner (Annexure P-6) within a period of 30 days. 3. Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the documents annexed with the petition. 4. In view of submission made by learned State counsel, the present writ petition is disposed of with a direction to respondent No.1 to 3 consider and decide the representation of the petitioner dated 28.07.2025 (Annexure P-6) in accordance with law and on its own merits, within a period of 30 days from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. 5. Accordingly, the writ petition stands disposed of. 6. It is made clear that this Court has not expressed any opinion on the merits of the matter and the respondent No.1 is directed to strictly consider and decide the representation of the petiiotner as per the extant rules and on its own merits. Sd/- (Bibhu Datta Guru) Judge Jyoti