Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:1332 Court No. - 5 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 2866 of 2024 Petitioner :- Raj Kumar Sharma Respondent :- U.P. Jal Nigam Rural Thru. Its Managing Director And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Deepak Singh,Manish Kumar Srivastava Counsel for Respondent :- Rishabh Kapoor,Vijay Vikram Singh Hon'ble Abdul Moin,J. 1.Vakalatnama filed by Sri Parimal Bhatt, learned counsel, on behalf of the respondents is taken on record. Sri Bhatt states that the writ petition has been rendered infructuous inasmuch by means of order, which has been challenged in the petition, an amount of Rs.151180/- was sought to be recovered from the gratuity of the petitioner. Subsequent thereto, an order dated 09.07.2024 has been passed per which a fresh gratuity payment order has been passed in which the entire amount has been returned to the petitioner vide a cheque. Copy of the order dated 09.07.2024 has also been handed over to the learned counsel for the petitioner today in Court. 2. Considering the aforesaid, it is apparent that the writ petition has been rendered infructuous. Accordingly, the petition is dismissed as infructuous. 3. So far as the payment of interest on delayed payment is concerned, it is open for the petitioner to stake his claim before the competent authority for payment of interest by means of a representation. In case such a representation is made by the petitioner within two weeks from today before the competent authority then the competent authority shall proceed to decide the same in accordance with law by means of a reasoned and speaking order within a further period of six weeks from the date of submission of the representation along with certified copy of this order. Order Date :- 8.1.2025 A. Katiyar Digitally signed by :- AMIT KATIYAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench