Sita Ram v. State of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Deptt. of Public Works Lko. and 4 Others

Court No. - 20 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 8165 of 2023 Petitioner :- Sita Ram Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Deptt. Of Public Works Lko. And 4 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Suresh Kumar Mishra,Pankaj Kumar Srivastava Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Manish Mathur,J.

¶1Heard learned counsel for petitioner and learned State Counsel for opposite parties.

¶2Petition has been filed seeking a direction to opposite parties for payment of balance amount of gratuity along with interest.

¶3It has been submitted that petitioner has superannuated from service on 31.01.2008 having the last pay drawn of Rs.20,600/- per month and in pursuance thereof is in receipt of pension but certain amount of gratuity has not been paid by the opposite parties since the entire length of service has not been counted, which is required to be paid along with interest.

¶4For the said grievance, petitioner has already submitted a representation but seeks liberty to file a fresh representation before the authority concerned. At present, learned counsel for petitioner restricts prayer with regard to final decision on the same.

¶5Considering the innocuous prayer, without entering into merits, liberty is granted to petitioner to file a fresh representation before opposite party concerned who shall consider and decide the same within a period of eight weeks from the date a certified copy of this order is produced before the said authority along with fresh representation.

¶6In case petitioner is found eligible for grant of such benefits, actual payment of the same shall be ensured within a period of two months thereafter.

¶7With aforesaid observations and directions, the petition is finally disposed of. Order Date :- 18.10.2023 kvg/- High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench