Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:39297 Court No. - 6 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 3346 of 2025 Petitioner :- Chhotkun Ram And Another Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Himanshu Singh,J.P. Singh Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Saurabh Shyam Shamshery,J. 1. Heard Sri J.P. Singh, learned counsel for petitioners and Sri Shashi Prakash Singh, Advocate for Respondents-2 and 3. 2. Petitioners appear to be a fence seater and they have approached this Court with a prayer for payment of gratuity respectively admissible to them at belated stage. 3. Learned counsel for petitioners has placed reliance on a judgment passed by Coordinate Bench of this Court in University College Ret. Teachers Welfare Association, Lucknow through Its President Dr. S.S. Chauhan and another vs. State of U.P. and others, 2024:AHC-LKO:68215 that this issue has now been settled and submits that petitioners are also entitled for payment of gratuity. 4. Learned counsel appearing for respondents submits that petitioners’ claim will be considered in accordance with law. 5. In aforesaid circumstances, this writ petition is disposed of with observation that claim of petitioners be considered in the light of aforesaid judgment within a short period and while deciding claim of petitioners aspect of delay may also be taken note of. Order Date :- 19.3.2025 AK Digitally signed by :- AWADESH KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad