Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:108823 Court No. - 32 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 9161 of 2025 Petitioner :- Prof Chittaranjan Mishra And 131 Others Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Alok Mishra Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Chandra Dhari Singh,J. 1. The instant writ petition has been filed seeking following main prayer:- "Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus directing the competent respondent authorities to grant the gratuity alongwith 6% P.A. interest to all the petitioners in lieu of the services tendered as teachers in their respective colleges under the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 as well as in the light of order dated 01.10.2024 passed by this Hon'ble Court in the leading writ petition bearing No. 5724 of 2024 (University College Ret. Teachers Welfare Asso. Lko. Vs. State of U.P. and others)". 2. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of petitioners without entering into merits of the case, made innocuous prayer that their representations which are pending before respondent no.2, may be directed to be decided in time bound manner. 3. Learned Standing counsel appearing on behalf of State- respondents vehemently opposed the petition on merit, but has not opposed the prayer as made by learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners. 4. Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners and learned Standing Counsel appearing on behalf of the State and perused the contents made in the writ petition. 5. Without entering into merits of the case, I am inclined to allow the innocuous prayer made by learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners as no objection made on behalf of learned Standing counsel appearing on behalf of State-respondents. Learned counsel for the petitioners is directed to file a fresh detailed representation along with the present writ petition as well as certified copy of this order before respondent no.2 within ten days from today. After receiving the said representation, respondent no.2 is directed to decide the said representation in accordance with law, expeditiously, preferably within a period of eight weeks from the date of production of certified copy of this order. 6. With the aforesaid directions/observations, the present writ petition is disposed of. Order Date :- 9.7.2025 Pratima (Chandra Dhari Singh,J.) Digitally signed by :- PRATIMA AGRAHARI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad Digitally signed by :- PRATIMA AGRAHARI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad Digitally signed by :- PRATIMA AGRAHARI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad Digitally signed by :- PRATIMA AGRAHARI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad