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2025 DAILYLAW 125441 (ALL)

GANGA PRASAD v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. DEPTT. OF IRRIGATION LKO. AND 2 OTHERS

WRIA/2400/2025 · 2025-03-06

Alok Mathur

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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:13606 Court No. - 6 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 2400 of 2025 Petitioner :- Ganga Prasad Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. Of Irrigation Lko. And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Dhirendra Kumar Mishra Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Alok Mathur,J. 1. Heard Sri Dhirendra Kumar Mishra, learned counsel for petitioner as well as learned Standing Counsel for the State. 2. By means of the present writ petition, the petitioner has prayed for a direction to respondents to give the pensionary benefit to the petitioner in lieu of the long service of the petitioner from the date of his retirement. 3. It has been submitted by learned counsel for petitioner that petitioner was appointed on the post of Class-IV employee work charge / peon (Beldar) in the Office of Executive Engineer, Unnao Division, Sharda Nagar, Unnao on 01.01.1987 and retired on 30.04.2024. He further submitted that after retirement he got all the retiral benefits except the pensionary benefit. 4. In this regard, it has been submitted that petitioner has given a representation dated 31.08.2024 to the respondent which is pending consideration and has not been decided so far. 5. After arguing the matter at some length, learned counsel for petitioner submits that grievance of the petitioner shall be substantially redressed in case respondent No. 3 is directed to consider and decide the representation of the petitioner dated 31.08.2024 (Annexure No. 6) in a time bound manner. 6. Learned Standing Counsel does not object if a direction is issued to respondent for expeditious disposal of the representation preferred by the petitioner. 7. Accordingly, without entering into the merits of the case, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondent No. 3 to decide the representation of the petitioner dated 31.08.2024 (Annexure No. 6) by reasoned and speaking order, expeditiously, say, within a period of six weeks from the date a copy of this order is produced before him in accordance with law. (Alok Mathur, J.) Order Date :- 6.3.2025 Ravi/ Digitally signed by :- RAVI SHANKAR SRIVASTAV High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench