Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:133086 Court No. - 5 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 11241 of 2025 Petitioner :- Santosh Kumar Ojha Respondent :- Managing Director, U.P. Jal Nigam (Urban) And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Vijay Kumar Rai Counsel for Respondent :- Siddharth Singhal,Suresh Singh Hon'ble Saurabh Shyam Shamshery,J. 1. Heard Sri Vijay Kumar Rai, learned counsel for petitioner and S/Sri Siddharth Singhal and Suresh Singh, learned counsel for respondents. 2. Learned counsel for respondents, at the outset, ensures that petitioner's due payment towards leave encashment and gratuity will be paid within a short period since U.P. Jal Nigam (Urban), Ballia is facing financial constraints. 3. Sri Siddharth Singhal, learned counsel for LIC submits that amount of GIS has already been paid to petitioner. 4. Learned counsel for petitioner has not disputed about above financial constraints, however, he prays that respondents be directed to expedite the settlement of retiral dues of petitioner. He has also not disputed the submissions of learned counsel for LIC. 5. Taking note of above referred assurance of learned counsel for respondents-Nigam, this writ petition is disposed of with an observation that respondents will pay retiral dues of petitioner as soon as possible. Order Date :- 6.8.2025 N. Sinha Digitally signed by :- NIRMAL SINHA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad