HC clears promotionof naibs of ’16 batch

Lucknow: The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court on Friday cleared the way for promotion of Naib Tehsildars of 2016 batch to the post of Tehsildar in the state, deciding the petitions and vacating the stay by which the promotions were held up for last one year. Disposing of the petition filed in this regard, the bench has directed the state government to consider the promotion of the petitioners belonging to the 2016 batch.
A bench of Justice Alok Mathur passed the verdict on the petitions moved by Ashutosh Pandey and Siddhanth Pandey separately.
With this, the court also vacated its interim order of January 23, 2024, by which a stay was imposed on the promotion of Naib Tehsildars of the 2016 batch. The petitioners had pleaded that they passed the recruitment examination of Naib Tehsildar in pursuance to the advertisement of January 11, 2016. However, there was a delay by the state government in issuing their appointment letters, due to which their seniority went down, owing to which their name did not appear in the promotion list sent by the Revenue Council to the government on November 10, 2023.
At the same time, additional advocate general Kuldeep Pati Tripathi argued that there is a shortage of Tehsildars in the state. He said that currently 380 posts are vacant, and the government is ready to consider the promotion of all eligible candidates. He told the court that a proposal was also sent by the Revenue Council to the government on October 17, 2024, by which the conditions for promotion to the post of Tehsildar are to be relaxed. It was said that if the said proposal is accepted, the promotion of all the petitioners will be possible. At this, the court also ordered the government to take a quick decision on the proposal.