Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:59822 Court No. - 33 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 12042 of 2025 Petitioner :- Ramesh Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Sachin Dubey Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Prakash Padia,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and perused the record. 2. In view of the order proposed to be passed herein, no useful purpose would be served by putting the opposite party to notice and keeping this petition pending before this Court. However, in case the opposite party feels aggrieved by the order his/her right to seek modification/variation of the order is being kept reserved. 3. The basic relief sought by the petitioner in the present petition is to direct the respondent no. 3 to recover the gratuity amount i.e. Rs. 3,16,596/- alongwith 8% simple interest from 06.06.2022 from the Respondent No. 4 as per recovery certificate dated 06.12.2023 issued by the respondent no. 2 expeditiously. 4. It is argued that the proceedings were initiated by the petitioner under payment of gratuity Act, 1972 before the Prescribed Authority which was numbered as Case No. 37 of 2022 against the respondent no. 4, the same was allowed by the respondent no. 2/ vide order dated 31.03.2023, operative portion of the same reads as follows:- "आददेश अततः मम ननिययंत्रक पप्राधधिकप्रारर , आनिनुततोनषिक भनुगतप्रानि अधधिननियम 1972 कदे पप्रानविधिप्रानिनों कदे अन्तगरत पदत्त शनक्तियनों कप्रा पयतोग करतदे हहयदे यह आददेश ददेतप्रा हहयं नक विह पनतविप्रादरपक्ष (उपरतोक्ति) विप्रादर शर रमदेश कतो गदेच्ययटर कक धिनिरप्रानश 3,16,596/- (रू० तरनि लख सतोलह हजप्रार पप्रायंच ससौ नछियप्रान्चदे) वियं इस आददेनशत धिनिरप्रानश पर विप्राद यतोधजत नकयदे जप्रानिदे कक नतधथि नदनिप्रायंक 06- 06-2022 सदे भनुगतप्रानि कक नतधथि तक 08 पनतशत सप्राधिप्रारण ब्यप्राज सनहत सयंगनणत कर समस्त धिनिरप्रानश इस आददेश कदे 30 नदनि कदे अन्दर भनुगतप्रानि नकयदे जप्रानिदे हदेतनु ननिययंत्रक पप्राधधिकप्रारर आनिनुततोनषिक भनुगतप्रानि अधधिननियम 1972 कदे पदनिप्राम सदे इस न्यप्रायप्रालय मम जमप्रा करनिप्रा सनुननिशशचत करम। पनतविप्रादरपक्ष (उपरतोक्ति) आददेनशत धिनिरप्रानश ननियत समय कदे अन्दर जमप्रा निहहीं करतप्रा हह ततो उसकदे नविरूद्ध ननियमप्रानिनुसप्रार विसयलर कक कप्रायरविप्राहर अपनिप्राई जप्रायतोगर। यह आददेश आज नदनिप्रायंक 31/03/2023 कतो मदेरदे हस्तप्राक्षर एवियं मनुहर सदे जप्रारर नकयप्रा गयप्रा. पक्षनों कतो सयनचत नकयप्रा जप्रायदे।" 5. The same was not yet been complied with. The petitioner again approach the respondent no. 2 then the respondent no. 2 wrote a letter to respondent no. 3/District Magistrate, Kanpur Nagar on 06.12.2023 requesting him to recover the amount as per the order dated 31.03.2023 so that the said amount could be paid to the petitioner. 6. It is further argued that though the considerable time has already been lapsed but till date no further proceedings has been initiated by the District Magistrate, Kanpur Nagar for recovering the amount in terms of the recovery certificate dated 06.12.2023. 5. Considering the aforesaid submissions, the present petition is disposed off permitting the petitioner to approach the respondent no.3/Collector/District Magistrate, Kanpur Nagar by moving a fresh application bringing on record the entire facts. In case such an application is filed along with a copy of this order, the respondent no.3 shall ensure the compliance of the recovery certificate in accordance with law with all expedition preferably within a period of two months. Order Date :- 22.4.2025 Arti Digitally signed by :- ARTI SHARMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad