HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No.931 of 2025 (S/S) Devki Nandan Pathak ….......Petitioner Vs. Managing Director, Uttarakhand Transport Corporation and others ……....... Respondents Present : Mr. K.K. Joshi, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Lalit Samant, Advocate for the respondents. JUDGMENT Hon’ble Ravindra Maithani, J. (Oral) By means of the instant petition, the petitioner seeks the following reliefs:- “a. Issue a Direction or Writ in the nature of Mandamus thereby direct the respondent to pay the entire deducted/recovered amount of Rs.1,94,570/- from total recalculated gratuity amount and further the gratuity amount which comes as per actual last drawn salary with statutory bank interest. b. Pass any other order or orders as this Hon’ble Court may deem fit any necessary in the interest of justice. c. Award the cost of litigation” 2. Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the record. 3. At the very outset, learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that the matter is squarely 2 covered by the judgment dated 04.04.2024, passed by the Division Bench of this Court in Special Appeal No.245 of 2022, Managing Director, Uttarakhand Transport Corporation, Dehradun and others vs. Ashok Kumar Saxena; and connected cases. 4. Learned counsel for the respondents admits this fact. 5. The matter is covered, therefore, instant petition is decided in terms of the judgment dated 04.04.2024, passed by the Division Bench of this Court in Special Appeal No.245 of 2022, Managing Director, Uttarakhand Transport Corporation, Dehradun and others vs. Ashok Kumar Saxena; and connected cases. (Ravindra Maithani, J.) 10.06.2025 Sanjay SANJAY KANOJIA Digitally signed by SANJAY KANOJIA DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, ou=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, 2.5.4.20=e50e50b49596520698eff87e0a08bbd504686df4 d1afc60f54a287831dec46fe, postalCode=263001, st=UTTARAKHAND, serialNumber=26EEB7122ED0DD23233A255DD8EC450A 84B515A087CAEFD1B3179A7DEAE40699, cn=SANJAY KANOJIA Date: 2025.06.11 10:03:46 +05'30'