Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:138168 Court No. - 32 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 11630 of 2025 Petitioner :- Ramesh Singh Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- C.S.C.,Rajendra Pratap Singh Hon'ble Chandra Dhari Singh,J. 1. The instant writ petition has been filed by the petitioner seeking the following relief:- "I. Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents to pay the amount of gratuity along with 18% interest to the petitioner." 2. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of petitioner without entering into the merits of the case made innocuous prayer that his representation dated 12.4.2023 and 10.1.2024 pending before respondent no.2 may be directed to be decided in time bound manner. 3. Sri Jitendra Singh, 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 Sri Rajendra Pratap Singh, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and Sri Jitendra Singh, 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 appearing on behalf of the petitioner as no objection made by learned standing counsel. The petitioner is directed to file a fresh detailed representation along with the present writ petition and certified copy of this order before respondent no. 2 Deputy Director, Secondary Education, Prayagraj Division, 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 six 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 :- 13.8.2025 S.K.S. (Chandra Dhari Singh,J.) Digitally signed by :- SUNIL KUMAR SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad