HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - A No. - 15091 of 2026 Court No. - 32 HON'BLE DINESH PATHAK, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Standing Counsel representing State-respondent no.1; Sri Abhishek Srivastava, learned counsel appearing for respondent nos. 2 to 4, and Sri Adarsh Bhushan, learned counsel appearing for respondent no. 5. 2. This writ petition has been filed seeking the following reliefs: "I- Issue a Writ order or direction in the nature of mandamus directing the respondent no 2 to ensure the payment of the gratuity of the petitioner with interest of 12%, which has illegally been been withheld on the ground of the pendency of one criminal case. II- Issue a Writ order or direction in the nature of mandamus directing the respondent authority to pay the provisional pension/pension to the petitioner, which has not been paid from July 2025 along with interest of 12%. III- Issue a Writ order or direction in the nature of mandamus directing the respondent no 2 to make the payment of the arrear of salary from the date of 02.08.2022 to 27.01.2023, with interest of 12%, which is still not paid to the petitioner. IV- Issue any other and further suitable writ, order or direction, which this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper under the facts and the circumstances of the present case in favour of the petitioner." 3. Learned counsel appearing for the respondents have contended that the grievance of the present petitioner regarding non-payment of gratuity, retiral pensionary benefits, etc., can be more appropriately redressed by the Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Pankaj Kumar Rai, Sandeep Kumar Srivastava Counsel for Respondent(s) : Abhishek Srivastava, Adarsh Bhushan, C.S.C. Om Prakash Ram .....Petitioner(s) State Of Uttar Pradesh And 5 Others .....Respondent(s) Secretary, U.P. Power Corporation Limited (respondent no. 2), and that they have no objection if a direction is issued for expeditious disposal of the fresh representation, to be moved by the present petitioner, within such stipulated period, as may be directed by this Court. 4. In this conspectus, as above, no useful purpose would be served by keeping this matter pending. Therefore, this Court deems it appropriate to finally dispose of the present writ petition, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, with liberty to the present petitioner to move a fresh representation before the Secretary, U.P. Power Corporation Limited (respondent no. 2) ventilating his grievances, as raised in this writ petition, within a period of three weeks from today, along with a certified copy of this order and a self attested copy of the instant writ petition, who, in turn, shall consider and decide the same in accordance with law expeditiously, preferably, within a period of three months from the date of production of the same, if there is no other legal impediment.. 5. With the aforesaid directions and observations, present writ petition stands disposed of. September 21, 2026 vkg WRIA No. 15091 of 2026 2 (Dinesh Pathak,J.) Digitally signed by :- VINOD KUMAR GOSWAMI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad Digitally signed by :- VINOD KUMAR GOSWAMI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad Digitally signed by :- VINOD KUMAR GOSWAMI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad Digitally signed by :- VINOD KUMAR GOSWAMI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad Digitally signed by :- VINOD KUMAR GOSWAMI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad