Sudhir Kumar Agarwal v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Public Work Deptt. Lko and 3 Others

Court No. - 19 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 9734 of 2023 Petitioner :- Sudhir Kumar Agarwal Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Public Work Deptt. Lko And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Pradeep Kumar Rai,Prakarsh Pandey,Praveen Kumar Shukla Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Shishir Jain Hon'ble Jaspreet Singh,J. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner. Notice on behalf of respondent-State has been accepted by the office of the learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel. Sri Shishir Jain, learned counsel has accepted notice on behalf of respondent nos. 2 to 4. The issue raised in the present writ petition is similar to the one decided by this Court in Writ-A No. 131 of 2022 (Akhilesh Kumar Saxena vs. State of U.P. and others) decided on

26.05.2023. Thus, on the same reasoning and logic, the present writ petition is also allowed. The respondents are directed to pay the leave encashment to the petitioner along with interest @ 7% per annum from the date of retirement till actual payment/realization. Order Date :- 19.12.2023 Asheesh High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench