Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:132781 Court No. - 32 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 10662 of 2025 Petitioner :- Rajdhariyadav Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Aalok Singh,Bheem Singh Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Chandra Dhari Singh,J. 1. The instant writ petition has been filed seeking for the following relief:- a. Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding and directing the respondents to release and pay the gratuity amount along with interest to the petitioner within the time stipulated by this Hon'ble Court. 2. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of petitioner without entering into the merits of the case made innocuous prayer that he may be permitted to file fresh representation before respondent no.2 and a direction may be issued to him to decide the same in time bound manner. 3. Sri Santosh Kumar, 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 petitioner. 4. Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and Sri Santosh Kumar, learned Standing Counsel 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 for the petitioner as no objection made by learned standing counsel. Petitioner is directed to file a fresh representation along with the present writ petition and certified copy of this order before respondent no.2 Director of Education (Secondary), Directorate, UP, Prayagraj within 10 days. After receiving the said representation, the 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 receipt of the said representation. 6. With the aforesaid directions/observations, the present writ petition is disposed of. Order Date :- 6.8.2025 AKT (Chandra Dhari Singh,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHOK KUMAR TRIPATHI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad