1 2025:CGHC:39665 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPL No. 129 of 2024 1 - Shir Purandan Kashyap S/o Shri Ram Sharan Lal Kashyap Aged About 55 Years Working As Secretary Of Raktamavli Shikshan Samiti Loharsi (Kharoud), District : Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh 2 - Shri Kanti Kumar Patel S/o Shri Ramayan Lal Patel Aged About 51 Years Working As President Of Raktamavli Shikshan Samitit Loharsi (Kharoud), District : Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh 3 - Shri Dharam Lal Kashyap S/o Shri Shobharam Kashyap Aged About 61 Years Working As Treasurer Of Raktamavli Shikshan Samiti Loharsi (Kharoud), District : Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh ... Petitioner(s) versus 1 - Controlling Authority Under The Payment Of Gratuity Act, 1972 And Labour Officer, Janjgir, District : Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh 2 - Shri Shyamale Prasad Patel S/o Shri Antaram Patel R/o Post Loharsi (Kharoud), Tahsil Pamgarh, District : Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh ... Respondent(s) For Petitioners : Shri Anand Kumar Pandey, Advocate. For Respondent No.2 : Shri Pradeep Kumar Jogi, Advocate. SMT NIRMALA RAO 2 Hon'ble Shri Justice Rakesh Mohan Pandey Order on Board 07.08.2025 1. Learned counsel for the petitioners seeks permission of this Court to withdraw this petition with liberty to prefer a duly constituted appeal before the Appellate Authority under the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972. 2. No objection from the other side. 3. Permission is granted. 4. With the aforesaid liberty, this petition is dismissed as withdrawn. If the petitioners prefer an appeal before the Appellate Authority, the same shall be decided expeditiously and strictly in accordance with law. While doing so, the Appellate Authority shall also take into consideration the fact that the matter remained pending before this Court for a considerable period. The petitioner would be at liberty to move an application for grant of stay alongwith the memo of appeal within a period of 15 days from today. The Appellate Authority is directed to decide the said application for stay within a further period of 30 days after affording an opportunity of hearing to the parties concerned. 5. Interim order granted on 3.5.2024 shall continue for a period of 45 days from today. 6. Certified copy of the order be returned back to counsel for the petitioners after retaining its xerox copy in the record. Sd/- (Rakesh Mohan Pandey) Judge Nimmi