Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:30198 Court No. - 3 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 5580 of 2025 Petitioner :- Kamal Rastogi Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Sugar Industry And Cane Development Deptt. Lko. And Another Counsel for Petitioner :- Pankaj Kumar Tripathi,Sandhya Dubey,Shambhunath Mishra Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Krishana Kumar Singh Hon'ble Rajesh Singh Chauhan,J. 1. Heard Sri Pankaj Kumar Tripathi, learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri Ravi Swaroop Tiwari, learned Addl. Chief Standing Counsel for the the State-opposite party no.1 and Sri Himanshu Singh, holding brief of Sri Krishna Kumar Singh, learned counsel for opposite party no.2. 2. By means of this petition, the petitioner has prayed following main reliefs:- "A. Issue a writ order or direction in the nature of Mandamus commanding and directing the Respondents to pay the Interest amount to the Petitioner on delay payment of Gratuity in the interest of justice. B. Issue a writ order or direction in the nature of Mandamus commanding and directing the Respondent No 2, to decide the Representation dated 17.04.2025 of the petitioner within stipulated time as frame by this Hon'ble Court. Annexed as Annexure No.2 to this petition." 3. 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.2 and this Court may direct opposite party no.2 to pass appropriate order strictly in accordance with law. 4. Learned counsel for the opposite parties have no objection if direction for disposal of the representation is issued. 5. Therefore, without entering into merits of the issue, the petitioner is permitted to prefer a fresh representation to opposite party no.2 i.e. Managing Director, U.P. Co-operative Sugar Factories Federation Ltd., Lucknow, U.P. 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, 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. 6. With the aforesaid direction, the writ petition is disposed of finally. [Rajesh Singh Chauhan,J.] Order Date :- 21.5.2025 RBS/- Digitally signed by :- RAM BIR SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench