Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:23834 Court No. - 3 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 4416 of 2025 Petitioner :- Gyaneshwar Upadhyay Respondent :- The Managing Director (Urban) U.P. Jal Nigam Lko. And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Dr.Ved Prakash,Mukul Counsel for Respondent :- Rishabh Kapoor Hon'ble Rajesh Singh Chauhan,J. 1. Heard Dr. Ved Prakash, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Kuldeep Singh, who has filed Vakalatnama on behalf of opposite parties no.1, 2 & 3. Said Vakalatnama is taken on record. 2. By means of this petition, the petitioner has prayed following main relief:- "(i) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of Mandamus thereby commanding and directing the Opposite Parties to pay the Retiral dues i.e. Encashment, Gratuity & Arrears, as per paragraph 13 of this writ petition, as per rules of the U.P. Jal Nigam (Rural)." 3. Sri Kuldeep Singh has stated that he has received complete instructions from the Chief Accounts Officer, U.P. Jal Nigam (Urban) and has shown fund allocation order dated 16.04.2025 whereby the requisite fund has been allocated for making payment of the dues to the petitioner, copy thereof has been provided to the learned counsel for the petitioner, the same is taken on record. 4. Since appropriate exercise to make payment of the aforesaid dues is under-way, therefore, it is expected that the petitioner shall be paid his all admissible retiral dues with expedition, preferably within a period of six weeks from the date of production of certified copy of this order before the authority concerned. It is needless to say that if any unnecessary delay takes place in making payment of aforesaid dues, the petitioner may claim interest on the delayed payment strictly in accordance with law. 5. With the aforesaid observations, the writ petition is disposed of finally. [Rajesh Singh Chauhan,J.] Order Date :- 25.4.2025 /RBS/- Digitally signed by :- RAM BIR SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench