Court No. - 3 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 5229 of 2025 Petitioner :- Ram Raj Yadav Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. Of Basic Edu. Lko And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Bhanu Bajpai,Bharat Pandey Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Ran Vijay Singh Hon'ble Rajesh Singh Chauhan,J. 1. Heard Sri Bharat Pandey, learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri Ashutosh Mishra, learned Standing Counsel and Sri Ran Vijay Singh, learned counsel for the opposite party nos. 3. 2. By means of this writ petition, the petitioner has prayed the following relief:- "a) Issue writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding the opposite parties to make payment of gratuity to the petitioner as per government order dated 24.02.2021 along with 18% interest from date of superannuation of the petitioner i.e. 30.06.2015 till the date of actual payment." 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner has 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.3, i.e., District Basic Education Officer, Pratapharh, U.P. 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.3, i.e., District Basic Education Officer, Pratapharh, U.P. ventilating his grievance taking all pleas and grounds which are available with him enclosing therewith the copy of his 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. 6. This writ petition is disposed of, in view of the aforesaid terms. Order Date :- 12.5.2025 Anurag Digitally signed by :- ANURAG SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench