HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW WRIT - A No. - 15236 of 2025 Court No. - 18 HON'BLE SHREE PRAKASH SINGH, J. Vakalatnama filed by Mr. Anagh Shukla, learned counsel for the respondent nos. 3 & 4 is taken on record. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners, Mr. Piyush Kumar, learned counsel for the respondent nos. 1 & 2, Mr. Anagh Shukla, learned counsel for the respondent nos.3 &4, Mr. Pradeep Kumar Singh, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel for the State and perused the material on record. Instant petition has been filed seeking following reliefs:- "i. Issue a writ, order, or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding the opposite parties to calculate and pay the statutory interest on each installment of delayed gratuity due to the petitioners in accordance with Section 7(3A) of the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972, for the period from the date it became due uptil the date of actual payment, forthwith." Learned counsel for the petitioner, after argument at length, submits that the interest of justice would be sub-served if this Hon'ble Court is pleased to give liberty to the petitioner to move fresh representation before the respondent no.4 within fifteen days and direct the respondent no.4 to consider and decide the same in accordance with law, within stipulated period of time as may be fixed by this Court. Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Sanjay Kumar Srivastava, Akshat Kumar Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., Sandeep Sharma Sunil Kumar Tandon And 63 Others .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Dairy Development Lko. And 3 Others .....Respondent(s) Learned counsels for the respondents have no objection to the submission aforesaid. Be that as it may, without entering into merits of the case, the petitioner is given liberty to move fresh representation before the respondent no.4 /Managing Director, Pradeshik Co-operative Dairy Federation Limited, within fifteen days and in case such representation is moved, the respondent no.4 is directed to consider and decide the same in accordance with law, within further period of six weeks. Needless to say that if authorities reach to the conclusion with respect to entitlement of payment of the claim, the same shall be paid to the petitioner forthwith. With the aforesaid observations, the writ petition is disposed of. December 19, 2025 Ram Murti WRIA No. 15236 of 2025 2 (Shree Prakash Singh,J.) Digitally signed by :- RAM MURTI YADAV High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench