Dinesh Kumar v. State of U.P. and Another

Court No. - 36 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 18955 of 2023 Petitioner :- Dinesh Kumar Respondent :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Petitioner :- Chandra Jeet Yeadav Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Devesh Vikram Hon'ble Manjive Shukla,J.

¶1Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioner, learned Standing Counsel appearing for the Respondent No. 1 and Mr. Devesh Vikram, learned counsel appearing for the Respondents No. 2.

¶2Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner has submitted that petitioner after working on the post of Assistant Teacher in Senior Basic School of District Meerut has retired from service on

31.03.2022.

¶3Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner has further submitted that all other post retiral dues have been paid to the petitioner except the gratuity.

¶4Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner has invited attention of this court towards representation dated 10.04.2023 submitted by the petitioner to District Basic Education Officer, Meerut, whereby request for payment of gratuity amount has been made but till date the said representation has not been decided.

¶5On the other hand Mr. Devesh Vikram, learned counsel appearing for the Respondent No. 2 has raised doubt regarding entitlement of the petitioner for gratuity amount.

¶6Be that as it may, once petitioner has submitted a representation to the District Basic Education Officer, Meerut then the said representation should have been decided.

¶7In the aforesaid circumstances, without entering into merits of the case, this writ petition is finally disposed of with a direction to Respondent No. 2 to consider and decide petitioner's representation dated 10.04.2022 contained in Annexure No. 4 to the writ petition, within a period of two months from the date of service of certified copy of this order. Order Date :- 9.11.2023/Gaurav High Court of Judicature at Allahabad