HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW WRIT - A No. - 10113 of 2025 Court No. - 4 HON'BLE ABDUL MOIN, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and Shri Ran Vijay Singh, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel for the State-respondents. 2. With the consent of learned counsel appearing for the contesting parties, the writ petition is finally being decided. 3. The instant petition has been filed by the petitioners, who retired from the Co-operative Department while working as Collection/ Co-operative Clerk in District Lakhimpur Kheri on 31.01.2018 and 31.03.2021 claiming that no pension has been paid to them since July, 2024. 4. The ground indicated in the petition is the shortage of funds in the District Collection Fund Account. 5. On the instruction, it has specifically been said by learned counsel for the respondents that on account of shortage of funds, the pension could not be paid to the petitioners and efforts are being made to make payment of pension and arrears to the petitioners. 6. Despite the aforesaid instruction having been filed, the pension and arrears have still not been paid to the petitioners. 7. Today, learned counsel for the respondents, on the basis of instructions sent by Assistant Commissioner and Assistant Registrar, Co-operative, Lakhimpur Kheri, informs that the pension for the month of July, 2024 has not been paid to the petitioners and efforts are going on to ensure that the funds are made available by the State government so as to make the payment of entire arrears of pension to the petitioner and also to ensure that regular pension is paid to the petitioners. Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Manish Mani Sharma Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C. Mohd Ismile Ali And Another .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Cooperative Deptt. Lko. And 2 Others .....Respondent(s) 8. Considering the aforesaid facts, no justifiable and justiciable grounds have been found by this Court, as taken by the respondents regarding shortage of funds where the pension to a retired employee of the department is concerned, inasmuch as funds is the responsibility of the department itself and has got nothing to do with the employee where his valuable rights including the right to receive pension is involved inasmuch as, it is the settled position of law that lack of funds cannot be cited as an excuse to deprive an employee of the benefits which are legally due to him. 9. Thus the Court finds that the ground being cited by the respondents for non payment of pension i.e. lack of funds cannot be said to be legal impediment in the eyes of law. 10. Keeping in view of the aforesaid discussion, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondents to ensure the payment of arrears of pension to the petitioner since July, 2024 and also to ensure that regular pension is paid to the petitioner every month. In case funds are not available in the co-operative department, the State government shall ensure that the funds are made available to the said department inasmuch as, department of the State government cannot be allowed to take an excuse that as the State government is not making available the funds, the pension cannot be paid. Let the arrears of pension be paid within a period of six weeks from today and regular payment of pension be also ensured to the petitioners. September 3, 2025 prateek WRIA No. 10113 of 2025 2 (Abdul Moin,J.) Digitally signed by :- PRATEEK ARORA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench