Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:19371 Court No. - 3 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 3594 of 2025 Petitioner :- Smt. Ram Rati Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Basic Education Deptt. Lko. And 4 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Narendra Gupta Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Kumar Ayush,Ran Vijay Singh Hon'ble Rajesh Singh Chauhan,J. 1. Heard Shri Narendra Gupta, learned counsel for the petitioner and Shri Uday Veer Singh learned Addl. Chief Standing Counsel for the opposite party Nos.1 & 2, Sri Ran Vijay Singh, learned counsel for opposite party No.3 and Kumar Ayush, learned counsel for oppoiste parties No. 4 & 5 State-respondents. 2. By means of this writ petition, the petitioner has prayed for the following reliefs:- " (i) issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus thereby commanding the opposite parties to provide the entire calculation of interest on delayed family pension. (ii) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding the opposite parties to pay the interest @ 18 % per annum from November, 2012 up to the date of actual payment i.e. on 13.03.2024, when lastly payment of Rs.112221/- was made to the petitioner vide order dated 13.03.2024, in the interest of justice." 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that for redressal of his grievance, the petitioner has preferred representation dated 04.02.2025 (Annexure No.8) to the competent authority but to no avail. He has further submitted that the petitioner is ready to prefer a fresh representation to the Competent Authority, therefore, he may be permitted to prefer a fresh representation to the opposite party No.5 i.e., District Basic Education Officer, Shravasti and a direction may be issued to him to consider and decide the said representation of the petitioner with expedition. 4. Learned Standing Counsel has no objection if direction for disposal of the said representation is issued. 5. Therefore, in view of the above, without entering into merits of the issue, I hereby dispose of this petition finally at the admission stage giving liberty to the petitioner to prefer a fresh representation to the opposite party No.5 i.e., District Basic Education Officer, Shravasti ventilating her grievance taking all pleas and grounds which are available with her enclosing therewith the copy of her earlier representation, if any, which are necessary for disposal of the representation within a period of fifteen days from today and if such representation is preferred by the petitioner within the aforesaid stipulated time, the authority concerned shall consider and dispose of the same strictly, by speaking and reasoned order in accordance with law after affording an opportunity of hearing to the petitioner, if it is so required, with expedition preferably, within a period of two months from the date of receipt of certified copy of this order and the decision thereof shall be intimated to the petitioner forthwith. 6. This writ petition is disposed of, in view of the aforesaid terms. 7. While taking decision in the case of the petitioner if it is found that the petitioner is entitled for the interest on the delayed payment, same may also be considered strictly in accordance with law. Order Date :- 7.4.2025 Reena/- (Rajesh Singh Chauhan, J.) Digitally signed by :- REENA KANNAUJIYA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench