Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:25730 Court No. - 3 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 4877 of 2025 Petitioner :- Bhawani Prasad Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Basic Edu. Lko. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Vijay Kumar Mishra Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Uday Veer Singh Hon'ble Rajesh Singh Chauhan,J. 1. Heard Shri Sri Vijay Kumar Mishra, learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri R.K. Mishra, learned Standing Counsel for the State- respondents and Dr. Uday Veer Singh, learned counsel for opposite parties No.3 & 4 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 pay gratuity to the petitioner along with the interest in light of G.O. dated 30.07.2007 with immediate effect." 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that for redressal of his grievance, the petitioner has preferred representation dated 01.04.2025 (Annexure No.4) 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.3 i.e., District Basic Education Officer, Gonda 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, Gonda 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. This writ petition is disposed of, in view of the aforesaid terms. Order Date :- 5.5.2025 Reena/- (Rajesh Singh Chauhan,J.) Digitally signed by :- REENA KANNAUJIYA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench