Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:27811 Court No. - 3 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 5176 of 2025 Petitioner :- Smt. Zayra Bano Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Minority Welfare And Waqf Anubhag 3 Lko. And 4 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Amit Kumar Keshari Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Rajesh Singh Chauhan,J. 1. Heard Sri Amit Kumar Keshari, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Nitin Mathur, learned Addl. Chief Standing Counsel for the State-opposite parties no.1 to 4. 2. In view of the proposed order, notice to opposite party no.5 is hereby dispensed with. 3. By means of this petition, the petitioner has prayed following main relief:- "I. Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of Mandamus directing the respondent authorities to pay the amount of death cum-retirement gratuity of the petitioner's husband to the petitioner along with admissible interest forthwith." 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that for redressal of the aforesaid grievance, the petitioner has preferred representation to the competent authority, but to no avail. Learned counsel for the petitioner has also submitted that the petitioner may be permitted to prefer a fresh representation before opposite party no.3/ competent authority and this Court may direct opposite party no.3/ competent authority to pass appropriate order strictly in accordance with law. 5. Learned counsel for the opposite parties has no objection if direction for disposal of the representation is issued. 6. Therefore, without entering into merits of the issue, the petitioner is permitted to prefer a fresh representation to opposite party no.3 i.e. Director, Minority Welfare, 620, Indira Bhawan, Lucknow/ competent authority taking all pleas and grounds, which are necessary for disposal of the representation and also enclosing the earlier representation, if any, alongwith certified copy of this order within a period of fifteen days from today. If such representation is preferred by the petitioner within the aforesaid stipulated time, the authority concerned shall consider and dispose of the aforesaid representation of the petitioner by speaking and reasoned order, strictly in accordance with law, by affording opportunity of hearing to the private opposite party no.5, with expedition, say within a period of two months from the date of receipt of the representation and thereafter communicate the decision thereof to the petitioner forthwith. 7. With the aforesaid direction, the writ petition is disposed of finally. [Rajesh Singh Chauhan,J.] Order Date :- 12.5.2025 RBS/- Digitally signed by :- RAM BIR SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench Digitally signed by :- RAM BIR SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench