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2025 DAILYLAW 149707 (ALL)

VINOD KUMAR SHUKLA v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. SEHKARITA DEPTT. LKO AND 3 OTHERS

WRIA/7234/2025 · 2025-07-10

Manish Mathur

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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:39247 Court No. - 18 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 7234 of 2025 Petitioner :- Vinod Kumar Shukla Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Sehkarita Deptt. Lko And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- O.P. Tiwari,Aman Pandey,Jainendra Singh Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Manish Mathur,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for petitioner, learned State Counsel for opposite parties. 2. Petition has been filed seeking a direction to opposite parties to provide pension from the Month November, 2024 till June 2025 along with interest and for continued to make regular payment. 3. It has been submitted by learned counsel for petitioner that earlier as well petitioner's pension had been stopped leading to filing of Writ-A No. 6393 of 2024 , which was disposed of vide order dated 12.08.2024 directing authority concerned to decide petitioner's representation. In pursuance thereof, petitioner's representation was rejected vide order dated 12.09.2024. Thereafter petitioner filed Writ-A No. 8266 of 2024, which was also disposed of vide order dated 19.11.2024 with the direction for payment of pension to petitioner. 4. It is submitted that despite aforesaid order, petitioner's pension has again been stopped leading to filing of present writ petition. 5. Learned State Counsel on the basis of instructions has produced order dated 09.07.2025 with submission that arrears of pension to petitioner have already been sanctioned and paid and the said fact has been admitted by learned counsel for petitioner on the basis of instructions. A copy of order dated 09.07.2025 is taken on record. 6. It is also evident from perusal of order dated 19.11.2024 passed in Writ-A No. 8266 of 2024 that primary reason given by authority concerned for non-payment of pension was due to non-availability of fund with the cooperative department. The said reasoning did not find favour with this Court. 7. In view aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, the opposite parties are directed to ensure continued payment of pension to petitioner in terms of direction issued earlier as well. 8. Considering the aforesaid, petition is disposed of. Order Date :- 10.7.2025 Virendra Digitally signed by :- VIRENDRA KUMAR GUPTA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench