Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:34080 Court No. - 3 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 5849 of 2025 Petitioner :- Vinod Avasthi Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Finance Lko. And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Praveen Kumar Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Krishna Kumar Pandey,Ratnesh Chandra Hon'ble Rajesh Singh Chauhan,J. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri R.K. Mishra, learned counsel for the opposite party no. 1 and 2 and Sri K.K. Pandey, Advocate who has filed his vakalatnama on behalf of opposite party no. 3 and the same is taken on record. 2. By means of this writ petition, the petitioner has prayed for the following reliefs:- "1. To issue a Writ, order or direction in the nature of Mandamus commanding the opposite parties to release the withheld amount of Gratuity amounting to Rs. 1010743/- alongwith interest @ 12% pa from the date of due till the actual date of payment. 2. To issue a Writ, order or direction of any other nature meeting the end of justice which this Hon'ble Court may deem fit just and proper under the attending facts and circumstances of the case." 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., The Vice Chairman, Lucknow Development Authority, Lucknow 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., The Vice Chairman, Lucknow Development Authority, Lucknow 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 :- 30.5.2025 Anurag Digitally signed by :- ANURAG SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench Digitally signed by :- ANURAG SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench