Siyaram Mali Son of Shri Mropal Mali Vs State of Rajasthan — Rajasthan HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

Siyaram Mali Son of Shri Mropal Mali Vs State of Rajasthan — Rajasthan HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Petitioner given four weeks' liberty to submit a representation for redressal of his grievance(s); respondents directed to pass a reasoned and speaking order thereon within sixteen weeks of receipt, in accordance with law and taking into consideration the order dated 31.03.2022 in Sandeep Kumar Berar (supra), with communication of the decision to the petitioner; pending application(s), if any, disposed of.

Issue for consideration

Whether the respondents should be directed to extend the petitioner the benefit of promotion, or alternatively to consider his representation for redressal of his grievance(s) expeditiously in accordance with law, taking into consideration the coordinate Bench order dated 31.03.2022 in Sandeep Kumar Berar.

Court's answer

The petitioner is granted liberty to submit a representation with the respondents for redressal of his grievance(s) within a period of four weeks.

Ratio / Principle

The respondents are directed to pass a reasoned and speaking order on the representation in accordance with law, taking into consideration the order dated 31.03.2022 passed in the case of Sandeep Kumar Berar (supra), within sixteen weeks of receipt of the representation, with communication of the decision to the petitioner.

Key takeaways

The writ petition is disposed of in the stated terms without issuing notices to the respondents, and pending application(s), if any, also stand disposed of.ratio¶21

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 6548/2025 (High Court of Judicature for Rajasthan, Jaipur Bench; Mahendar Kumar Goyal, J.; decided 16/07/2025). Petitioner Siyaram Mali, a serving Principal in the Education Department, sought a direction to the respondents to extend him the benefit of promotion. Learned counsel for the petitioner, however, submitted that he would be content if permitted to submit a representation for redressal of his grievance(s). Relying on the nature of the prayer and the coordinate Bench order dated 02.02.2024 in Pawan Meena v. The State of Rajasthan & Ors. (SB Civil Writ Petition No.1665/2024), the Court disposed of the writ petition without issuing notices to the respondents: (i) liberty to the petitioner to submit a representation within four weeks; and (ii) respondents directed to pass a reasoned and speaking order thereon in accordance with law, taking into consideration the coordinate Bench order dated 31.03.2022 in Sandeep Kumar Berar v. State of Rajasthan & Anr. (SB Civil Writ Petition No.18074/2018), within sixteen weeks of receipt, communicating the decision to the petitioner. Pending application(s), if any, also stand disposed of.

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN BENCH AT JAIPUR

S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 6548/2025

Siyaram Mali Son of Shri Morpal Mali, Aged About 52 Years, Resident Of C-105, Land Mark City, Kunhadi, Kota (Raj.) Presently Working As Principal , Government Sr. Secondary School Satheli, Block Taleda, District Bundi (Raj.)

----Petitioner

Versus

State Of Rajasthan, Through Principal Secretary, Department Of Education, Govt. Of Rajasthan, Govt. Secretariat, Jaipur (Raj.)

The Principal Secretary, Department Of Personnel, Government Secretariat, Jaipur (Raj.)

The Joint Secretary, Department Of Education, Government Secretariat, Jaipur (Raj.)

The Director, Secondary Education, Rajasthan, Bikaner.

----Respondents

For Petitioner(s) : Mr. G.S. Gauttam For Respondent(s) :

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MAHENDAR KUMAR GOYAL

Judgment / Order

16/07/2025

Although, this writ petition is filed seeking a direction to the respondents to extend the petitioner benefit of promotion; but, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that he would feel contended if he is permitted to submit a representation with the respondents for redressal of his grievance(s) with a direction to them to decide it expeditiously in accordance with law taking into consideration an order dated 31.03.2022 passed by a coordinate Bench of this Court in the case of Sandeep Kumar Berar versus

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State of Rajasthan & Anr.: SB Civil Writ Petition No.18074/2018.

In view of the nature of prayer made by the learned counsel for the petitioner and an order of a coordinate Bench of this Court dated 02.02.2024 passed in the case of Pawan Meena versus The State of Rajasthan & Ors.: SB Civil Writ Petition No.1665/2024 , this writ petition is disposed of in following terms without issuing notices to the respondents:-

The petitioner is at liberty to submit a representation with the respondents for redressal of his grievance(s) within a period of four weeks from today.

The respondents are directed to pass a reasoned and speaking order thereupon in accordance with law taking into consideration the order dated 31.03.2022 passed in the case of Sandeep Kumar Berar (supra) within a period of sixteen weeks from the date of receipt of the representation with communication of the decision to the petitioner. Pending application(s), if any, also stands disposed of.

(MAHENDAR KUMAR GOYAL),J

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