Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:28564 Court No. - 3 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 5324 of 2025 Petitioner :- Surendra Nath And 2 Others Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy., Higher Edu., Lko. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Amar Mani Tiwari,Alok Kumar Gupta Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Rajesh Singh Chauhan,J. 1. Heard Shri Amar Mani Tiwari, learned counsel for the petitioners and Shri Brajendra Singh, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel for the State-respondents. 2. With the consent of the parties, the matter is being decided finally. 3. Contention of the learned counsel for the petitioners is that the petitioners are retired Teachers from the different degree colleges at the age of 62 years. The gratuity of the petitioners has not been paid. 4. It is contended that aforesaid aspect of the matter has been considered by this Court in a bunch of writ petitions leading being Writ A No.5724 of 2024 in Re: University College Ret. Teachers Welfare Asso. Lko. and Another Vs. State of U.P. and Others, decided on 01.10.2024, a copy of which is Annexure-8 to the petition. It is prayed that the respondents be directed to consider the claim of the petitioners in the light of the aforesaid judgment. 5. To the aforesaid prayer, Shri Brajendra Singh, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel does not have any objection. 6. Considering the aforesaid, the writ petition is disposed of. It is provided that respondent No.1 shall consider the claim of the petitioners for payment of gratuity along with interest in terms of the judgment of this Court rendered in the case of University College Ret. Teachers Welfare Asso. Lko. (supra). Such consideration be done within a period of 8 weeks from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order. 7. It is made clear that this Court has not gone into the merits of the claim set forth by the petitioners. . [Rajesh Singh Chauhan,J.] Order Date :- 15.5.2025 Suresh/ Digitally signed by :- SURESH CHANDRA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench