HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW WRIT - C No. - 8810 of 2025 Court No. - 6 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. 1. Heard Ms. Shreya Ojha, the counsel for the petitioner, Sri Raj Kumar Singh who appears for the respondent no. 1 & 4 and Sri Anurag Verma the counsel for the respondents no. 2 & 3. 2. The present petition has been filed by the petitioner for the following relief : "Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of Mandamus directing the respondent no. 4 to release Rs.7,85,510/- i.e. Rupees Seven Lakh Eighty Five Thousand Five Hundred and Ten in favour of the Petitioner in a stipulated time period in compliance of order dated 16.02.2022 passed by the Controlling Authority under the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 and further affirmed by the order dated 29.03.2023 passed by the Appellate Authority under the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972." 4. The contention of the counsel for the petitioner is that this Court had issued specific directions for payment of money deposited by the petitioner of Writ Petition No.8843 of 2023 for paying the money to the present petitioner and the respondent no.4 of the said writ petition, which order was modified on 30.11.2023 and despite the petitioner executing a bond in the form of affidavit, which is on record at page no.63, the said amount has not been paid. 5. The counsel for the respondent no. 1 & 4 states that he has already Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Jai Priya Swapnil Counsel for Respondent(s) : A.S.G.I., Shikhar Anand Ashfaq Khan .....Petitioner(s) Uoi Thru. Secy. Ministry Of Labour New Delhi And 3 Others .....Respondent(s) given his opinion, which is contained at page no.69 to the effect that the affidavit given by the petitioner should be accepted as a valid indemnity. It is stated that despite the same, the amounts have not been paid. 6. In view of the said submissions, the present petition is disposed off directing the Deputy CLC, Kanpur to ensure that the payments are made to the petitioner in terms of the order dated 12.10.2023 as modified on 30.11.2023 after accepting the bond, as contained on page no.63 of the present petition within a period of four weeks. September 11, 2025 VNP/- WRIC No. 8810 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- VISHVANATH PRASAD SHUKLA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench