Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:33984 Court No. - 3 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 6141 of 2025 Petitioner :- Ram Naval Shahi And 13 Others Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Deptt. Secondary Education Lko. And 4 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Hari Om Singh Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Rajesh Singh Chauhan,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the parties. 2. By means of this petition, the petitioners have prayed following main reliefs:- "(I) To issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus thereby directing the opposite party No.2 i.e. Director of Secondary Education, U.P., Lucknow to pass appropriate order on the representation of the petitioners and issue necessary direction to Subordinate authority to release the gratuity amount to the petitioners from the date of their superannuation, in the interest of justice. (II) To issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus thereby directing the opposite party No.2 to 4 to decide the representation of the petitioners in regard to the amount of gratuity, pending before him, in the interest of justice. (Annexure No.4 & 5)" 3. Learned counsel for the petitioners has submitted that for redressal of the aforesaid grievance, the petitioners have preferred representation to the competent authority, but to no avail. Learned counsel for the petitioners has also submitted that the petitioners may be permitted to prefer fresh separate representations before opposite party no.4 and this Court may direct opposite party no.4 to pass appropriate order strictly in accordance with law. 4. Learned counsel for the opposite parties has no objection if direction for disposal of the representation is issued. 5. Therefore, without entering into merits of the issue, the petitioners are permitted to prefer fresh separate representations to opposite party no.4 i.e. District Inspector of Schools, District Gorakhpur 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 petitioners within the aforesaid stipulated time, the authority concerned shall consider and dispose of the aforesaid representations of the petitioners 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 petitioners forthwith. 6. With the aforesaid direction, the writ petition is disposed of finally. [Rajesh Singh Chauhan,J.] Order Date :- 30.5.2025 RBS/- Digitally signed by :- RAM BIR SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench