WRIT - A No. 5354 of 2023 at Lucknow

Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:3439-DB Court No. - 1 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 5354 of 2023 Petitioner :- State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Finance Deptt. Lko. And Another Respondent :- Shyam Singh And Another Counsel for Petitioner :- C.S.C. Counsel for Respondent :- Sameer Singh,Manish Mishra,Yogesh Kumar Hon'ble Attau Rahman Masoodi,J. Hon'ble Subhash Vidyarthi,J. Heard Shri Indrajeet Shukla, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel appearing for the petitioners-State and Shri Shyam Singh, respondent no.1, who has put in appearance in person. Learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel representing the State at the very outset has stated that the benefit of the judgment rendered by the Tribunal on 07.02.2023 has already been accorded to the respondent No.1 while considering his candidature for promotion based on merit-cum-seniority. However, his merit was not found above benchmark or higher than the candidates considered along with him. On the basis of such assessment, the other persons considered for promotion along with respondent no.1 have already been promoted. The order so passed by the State has come to be challenged by the respondent no.1 by filing a separate writ pe