Arun Pratap Singh v. Dr. Ram Mahnohar Lohiya Awadh Vishwavidyalaya Ayodhya Thru. Registrar and 3 Others

Court No. - 19 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 9729 of 2023 Petitioner :- Arun Pratap Singh Respondent :- Dr. Ram Mahnohar Lohiya Awadh Vishwavidyalaya Ayodhya Thru. Registrar And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Amit Mishra,Shaktipal Rajpal Counsel for Respondent :- Akhilesh Kumar Srivastava Hon'ble Jaspreet Singh,J. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner. Notice on behalf of respondent nos. nos. 1 to 4 has been accepted by Sri Akhilesh Kumar Srivastava, learned counsel. The petitioner has approached this Court with the limited prayer that a direction be issued to the respondents for making the payment of entire post retiral benefits including the pension, gratuity etc. along with interest since the petitioner has retired on 31.01.2021 and despite having made several representations, the respondent has neither paid nor has indicated what is the legal impediment why the same has not been paid. Considering that the matter is already pending before the respondents by means of a representation, a copy of the same has been brought on record as Annexure No. 9, this Court is not inclined to keep the matter pending rather ends of justice can be met by directing the respondent No.3 to consider and finally decide the pending representation of the petitioner most expeditiously, preferably within a period of six months from the date an authenticated copy of this order is placed before the authority concerned in case if there is any legal impediment in releasing the post retiral benefits, the same shall be communicated to the petitioner within two weeks from today and in case if there is no legal impediment, the same shall be paid within a period of six weeks from today. It is made clear that the Court has not examined the case of either of the parties on merits and the authority concerned shall be free to decide the matter strictly in accordance with law. With the aforesaid, the petition is disposed of. Order Date :- 19.12.2023 Asheesh High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench