HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - A No. - 13827 of 2025 Court No. - 32 HON'BLE CHANDRA DHARI SINGH, J. 1. The instant writ petition has been filed seeking for the following relief:- "i. Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding and directing to the respondents to pay the gratuity amount to the petitioner for his continuous services for 9 years 19 days from the due date and petitioner may be provided interest for delay payment as is chargeable by nationalized Bank of India. ii. Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding and directing to the respondents concerned to consider and decide the representation of the petitioner dated 08.01.2024 moved by the petitioner at an earliest date (Annexure No. 3 with this W.P.)." 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. 3-Regional Higher Education Officer, Gorakhpur, Region Gorakhpur, and a direction may be issued to him to decide the same 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 petitioner. 4. Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner, learned Standing Counsel and perused the contents made in the writ petition. Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Manoj Kumar Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., Chandan Sharma Rakesh Kumar Chaudhary .....Petitioner(s) State Of Up And 4 Others .....Respondent(s) 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. 3-Regional Higher Education Officer, Gorakhpur, Region Gorakhpur, within 10 days. After receiving the said representation, the respondent no. 3 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. September 23, 2025 Vibha Singh WRIA No. 13827 of 2025 2 (Chandra Dhari Singh,J.) Digitally signed by :- VIBHA SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad