HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - A No. - 14958 of 2025 Court No. - 34 HON'BLE VIKAS BUDHWAR, J. 1. Heard Sri Jitendra Kumar Srivastava, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Prashant Kumar Mishra, learned Standing Counsel, who appears for State-respondents. 2. The case of the writ petitioner is that the husband of the petitioner, Chandra Prakash Lal Srivastava who is initially appointed as Lekhpal on 02.11.1971 on temporary basis was regularized on 12.07.1998 and thereafter he retired on 31.07.2010, however, he expired on 17.08.2021. 3. Prayer in the present petition is for a direction to release the amount of gratuity and post retiral dues. 4. Learned Standing Counsel submits that the claim of the writ petitioner needs to be examined at the instance by the District Magistrate, Basti. 5. To such a submission, learned counsel for the petitioner has no objection and he gracefully accepts the same. 6. Considering the submissions of the rival parties as well as stand taken by them, the writ petition is being disposed off granting liberty to the writ petitioner to prefer a comprehensive representation along with the self- attested copy of the writ petition before the second respondent who shall on the receipt of the same by 07.11.2025, proceed to decide the claim of the petitioner strictly in accordance with law within a period of three months from the date of presentation of the certified copy of the order. Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Jitendra Kumar Srivastava Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C. Smt Geeta Devi .....Petitioner(s) State Of Up And 2 Others .....Respondent(s) 7. Needless to point out that the writ petition has been decided without seeking any response from the respondents. Thus, passing of this order may not be construed to an expression that this Court has gone into the merits of the case. 8. With the aforesaid observation, the writ petition is disposed off. October 13, 2025 A. Prajapati WRIA No. 14958 of 2025 2 (Vikas Budhwar,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHUTOSH KUMAR PRAJAPATI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad