JAGDISH PRASAD PANT v. UTTARAKHAND TRANSPORT CORPORATION
WPSS/220/2026 · 2026-01-30
Subhash Upadhyay
body2026
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SL. No. Date Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s
order with Signatures COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS
WPSS No.220 of 2026 Hon’ble Subhash Upadhyay, J.
Mr. G.D. Joshi, Advocate for the petitioner.
2. Mr. D.C.S. Rawat, Advocate for the respondents, through video conferencing.
3. This writ petition has been filed by the petitioner seeking the following reliefs:-
“(i) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding the respondents to forthwith refund and pay to the petitioner the amount of ₹48,240/- (Rupees Forty-Eight Thousand Two Hundred Forty Only), which has been illegally and arbitrarily recovered from the petitioner’s gratuity, together with interest at an appropriate rate, from the date of such recovery till the date of actual payment, within a time-bound period as may be directed by this Hon’ble Court.
4.
Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the respondents have recovered the amount of gratuity from the petitioner and that, in similar circumstances, certain employees had filed a writ petition, which was allowed by the Court on 05.01.2024, and the said order has been affirmed by the Division Bench.
5.
Learned counsel for the petitioner refers to the
order passed in SPA No. 60 of 2024 and contends that the present writ petition is covered by the said order.
6.
Learned counsel for the respondents does not dispute the said fact.
7. Accordingly, the writ petition stands disposed of in terms of the order passed by the Division Bench of this Court in SPA No. 60 of 2024.
(Subhash Upadhyay,J.) Vacation Judge 30.01.2026 SK