Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:43261 Court No. - 18 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 8238 of 2025 Petitioner :- Devnarayan Tripathi Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Finance Lko And 5 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Anil Kumar Upadhyay,Diksha Tiwari,Sanjana Upadhyay,Saurabh Upadhyay Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Manish Mathur,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for petitioner and learned State Counsel for opposite parties. 2. Petition has been filed seeking following reliefs:- "(i) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of Mandamus thereby directing the opposite party no. 3 and 5 to release the amount of Rs. 25,000/- with interest in favour of petitioner which has been illegally withheld by the opposite party no.5 since 06.10.2012 due unclear of the pay fixation of the petitioner as per the comment mentioned in the PPO letter no. 2508 dated 06.10.2012, in the interest of justice. (ii) It is further prayed that this Hon'ble Court may kindly be pleased to pass a Writ, Order or Direction in the nature of Mandamus thereby directing the opposite party no. 3 & 5 to correct the date of joining of the petitioner on the post of Lekhpal i.e. since the date 07.07.1983 instead of 31.01.1992 and also direct for payment of arrears of the gratuity and other retiral benefits of the petitioner, in the interest of justice....." 3. For the said grievance, petitioner has already submitted a representation dated 07.07.2025. Learned counsel for petitioner submits that Additional District Magistrate in his letter dated 14.01.2020 has already submitted a report in favour of petitioner which is, however, not being taken into account. 4. At present, learned counsel for petitioner restricts his prayer for a final decision with regard to the representation. 5. Considering innocuous prayer being made by learned counsel for petitioner and without entering into the merits of the case, the concerned authority is directed to consider and decide representation dated 07.07.2025 within a period of eight weeks from the date a certified copy of this order is produced before concerned authority. Petitioner shall annex a copy of representation date 07.07.2025 alongwith certified copy of this order. In case petitioner is found entitled for such benefits, actual payment thereof shall be ensured within a period of six weeks thereafter. 6. With aforesaid directions, petition stands disposed of. Order Date :- 28.7.2025 Satish Digitally signed by :- SATISH KUMAR BHARATI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench Digitally signed by :- SATISH KUMAR BHARATI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench