Chandra Prakash Upadhyay v. U.O.I. Thru. Secy. Deptt. of Telecommunications Ministry of Communications and 2 Others

Court No. - 8 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 8040 of 2023 Petitioner :- Chandra Prakash Upadhyay Respondent :- U.O.I. Thru. Secy. Deptt. Of Telecommunications Ministry Of Communications And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Raj Mani Dubey Counsel for Respondent :- A.S.G.I.,Satya Prakash Tiwari Hon'ble Pankaj Bhatia,J.

¶1Heard Sri Raj Mani Dubey, learned counsel for the petitioner and Ms. Nidhi Singh, Advocate holding brief of Sri S.P. Tewari, learned counsel for the respondent nos. 2 & 3. Learned Deputy Solicitor General of India has accepted notice on behalf of respondent no.1 and Shri Anand Dwivedi, Advocate has put in appearance.

¶2The present petition has been filed with the following main prayer: "i. issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of Mandamus directing to the opposite party No.3 Additional General Manager, ITI Limited, Doorbhash Nagar, Rae Bareli, U.P. to pay post retiral dues total amount of privileged leave encashment payable to the Petitioner, which are admittedly due on account of holidays available for the values of Rs.2,44,315/- along with interest."

¶3The contention of the Counsel for the petitioner is that despite admission as contained in Annexure-3 to the writ petition, the amounts have not been paid to the petitioner.

¶4Considering the submission advanced and perusing the documents on record, the present petition is disposed of directing the respondent no.3 to ensure the payment of the admitted dues to the petitioner along with interest @ Rs.7% per annum from the due date till actual payment/ realisation, within a period of six weeks from the date of approaching and filing a certified copy of this order before the respondent no.3. Order Date :- 16.10.2023 Arun High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench