HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW WRIT - A No. - 12587 of 2025 Court No. - 18 HON'BLE SHREE PRAKASH SINGH, J. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners, Learned counsel for the State, Sri Shanker Lal, learned counsel for the opposite parties no. 3 & 4 and perused the record. Instant writ petition has been filed with the following relief :- "a. Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding the opposite parties to make payment of amount of interest upon the delayed amount of gratuity to the petitioners with effect from the date it become due i.e. the date of respective retirements of the petitioners from the service of the Opposite Parties up till the date of actual payment in view of the provisions of Section 7 of the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972, forthwith." After arguing at some length, learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners have submitted a representation on 21- 06-2025 before the opposite party no. 3/General Manager, Dugdh Utpadak Sahkari Sangh Ltd.,Kanpur and the same is pending consideration. He further submits that the interest of justice would be sub-served if this Hon'ble Court may be pleased to direct the opposite party no. 3 to consider and decide the representation of the petitioners within the stipulated period of time, as may be fixed by this court. Learned counsel appearing for the opposite parties have no objection to the contentions aforesaid. Be that as it may, without entering into the merits of the case, the Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Sanjay Kumar Srivastava, Akshat Kumar Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., Shanker Lal Surya Prakash Nigam And 8 Others .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. Of Diary Development And 3 Others .....Respondent(s) opposite party no. 3/General Manager, Dugdh Utpadak Sahkari Sangh Ltd.,Kanpur is directed to consider and decide the representation of the petitioners dated 21-06-2025 within a period of two months, in accordance with law, from the date a certified copy of this order is produced before him. With the aforesaid observations, the writ petition is disposed of. October 17, 2025 AKS WRIA No. 12587 of 2025 2 (Shree Prakash Singh,J.) Digitally signed by :- ANUJ KRISHNA SRIVASTAVA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench