AFR Reserved on 21.1.2026 Delivered on 20.4.2026 HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW WRIT - A No. - 7257 of 2025 Braham Singh .....Petitioner(s)

Versus State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Infrastructure And Industrial Development Lko. And Another .....Respondent(s)

Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Vijay Kumar Srivastava Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., Manoj Sahu Court No. - 16 HON'BLE SHREE PRAKASH SINGH, J.

1. Heard Mr. Vijay Kumar Srivastava, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Brijendra Singh, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel for the State.

2. By means of the present writ petition, the petitioner has challenged the order dated 12.6.2025 passed by the respondent no.1 whereby the representation of the petitioner for promotion to the post of Senior Manager (Civil) has been rejected.

3. The brief factual matrix of the case is that the petitioner had initially been appointed as Assistant Manager (Civil) in the department of Greater NOIDA Industrial Development Authority, Gautam Buddh Nagar, on 13.9.2002 and he was promoted to the post of Manager Grade II on 10.3.2008 and thereafter to the post of Manager Grade I within (Project), on 14.11.2014. The wife of the brother