Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:20716 Court No. - 3 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 3838 of 2025 Petitioner :- Dr. Shashi Prabha And Another Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. Of Higher Education Lko. And 4 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- I.M. Pandey Ist Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Rajesh Singh Chauhan,J. 1. Heard Sri I.M. Pandey Ist, learned counsel for the petitioners and Sri Sanjiv Singh, learned Standing Counsel for the State- respondents. 2. By means of this writ petition, the petitioners have prayed for the following relief:- "(i) to issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding the opposite parties to make payment of gratuity to petitioners along with interest from the date of superannuation till the date of actual payment in terms of judgment and order dated 01.10.2024 passed by this Court in Writ-A No.5724 of 2024- University College Retired Teachers Welfare Association, Lucknow and another vs. State of U.P. and others and other connected matters as well as judgment and order dated 30.04.2024 rendered by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in SLP (C) No.23788 of 2014- Avdhesh Kumar Singh vs. State of U.P. and others, within a short reasonable period to be prescribed by this Hon'ble Court in the interest of justice." 3. Learned counsel for petitioners submits that in the present matter petitioners have retired from the post of Associate Professor and Professor in the Degree College and the claim of petitioners for gratuity along with interest is to be considered. Learned counsel for petitioners submits that the present matter is covered by the judgement of this Court passed in Writ-A No.5724 of 2024 (University College Ret. Teachers Welfare Asso. Lko. Thru. its President Dr. S.S. Chauhan and another Vs. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. of Higher Education U.P. Lko. and others) and the present matter may be disposed of in terms of aforesaid law laid down by this Court. 4. Learned Standing Counsel do not dispute the fact that the present matter is governed by the law laid down in above mentioned case. 5. In view of aforesaid, the writ petition is disposed of in terms of direction issued in Writ-A No.5724 of 2024 (University College Ret. Teachers Welfare Asso. Lko. Thru. its President Dr. S.S. Chauhan and another Vs. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. of Higher Education U.P. Lko. and others). Respondent- State shall proceed with the direction issued in above mentioned case and grant benefits to the petitioners, in accordance with law, within a period of one month from the date of production of a certified copy of the order. . [Rajesh Singh Chauhan,J.] Order Date :- 11.4.2025 Suresh/ Digitally signed by :- SURESH CHANDRA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench Digitally signed by :- SURESH CHANDRA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench