WRIT - A No. 2716 of 2025 at Allahabad

Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:38736 Court No. - 4 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 2716 of 2025 Petitioner :- Ashutosh Kumar Shukla Respondent :- State Of Uttar Pradesh Through Its Principal Secretary, Transport Department, Anubhag-3, Uttar Pradesh Counsel for Petitioner :- Kartikeya Saran,Srishti Gupta Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Ajit Kumar,J. 1. Heard Shri Kartikeya Saran, learned counsel appearing for petitioner and learned Standing Counsel. 2. Learned Standing Counsel has obtained instructions in the matter which is taken on record. Copy whereof is also supplied to learned counsel for petitioner. 3. By means of this petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution petitioner has prayed for a writ of mandamus commanding the competent respondent in the matter to accord promotion to the petitioner with effect from 06.06.2023 when juniors to the petitioner came to be promoted as Senior Assistant Regional Transport Officer in a higher grade which is a senior time scale of Rs. 6600/- with all consequential benefits. 4. It is submitted by learned counsel for petitioner that there was no departmental enquiry pending against petitioner and even vigilance enquiry that was initia