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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:74446 Court No. - 6 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 3163 of 2023 Petitioner :- Rajveer Singh Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Prabhakar Kumar Mishra Counsel for Respondent :- Shyam Krishna Gupta Hon'ble Saurabh Shyam Shamshery,J.
1. Heard Sri Neeraj Shukla, Advocate holding brief of Sri Prabhakar Kumar Mishra, learned counsel for petitioner and learned Standing Counsel for State- Respondents.
2. Learned counsel for petitioner fairly submits that in pursuance of an interim
order dated 20.02.2023 passed by this Court, amount of gratuity has been paid to petitioner, therefore, prayer of petitioner has been substantially addressed as amount of gratuity is paid. He, however, further submits that still there is a grievance that petitioner is also entitled for interest on delayed payment.
3. Learned counsel submits that in similar circumstances, a Coordinate Bench of this Court has decided bunch of writ petitions, leading being Writ-A No. 3149 of 2023, Neval Devi vs. State of U.P. and others, Neutral Citation No. 2024:AHC:81823 wherein it was held that interest on delayed payment of gratuity may be considered from the date of submission of application. Therefore, he prays that this writ petition may be disposed in terms of Neval Devi (supra).
4. Learned Standing Counsel appearing for State-Respondents has no objection to aforesaid prayer.
5. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of in terms of Neval Devi (supra).
Order Date :- 8.5.2025 AK Digitally signed by :- AWADESH KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad