Allahabad High Court
VED PRAKASH SHARMAversusSTATE OF U.P. AND 2 OTHERS
- Decided
Holding
The court ordered that the petitioner be paid the legally permissible retiral dues expeditiously.
Summary
The petitioner, Ved Prakash Sharma, retired on 31 January 2025 and filed a writ petition seeking payment of his retiral dues from the State of Uttar Pradesh and two other respondents. The petition was filed before the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad. The court, without delving into the substantive merits of the claim, ordered that the legally permissible retiral dues be settled and paid to the petitioner promptly. No specific statutory provisions or case law were cited. The order effectively directs the respondents to discharge the pensionary liability owed to the petitioner. The petition was disposed of on the basis of the court’s jurisdiction to ensure timely payment of retirement benefits.
Issues considered
- What entitlement, if any, does the petitioner have to receive retiral dues upon retirement?
- Whether the High Court can order payment of such dues without a detailed merits hearing.
Subjects
- retirement
- retiral dues
- writ petition
- payment of dues
- high court
- administrative law
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
WRIT - A No. - 5873 of 2026
Ved Prakash Sharma
.....Petitioner(s)
Versus
State Of U.P. And 2 Others
.....Respondent(s)
Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Priyanka Sharma, Vijay Kumar
Counsel for Respondent(s) : Abhinava Krishna Srivastava, C.S.C.
Court No. - 32
HON'BLE SAURABH SHYAM SHAMSHERY, J.
1. Heard learned counsel for the parties.
2. Petitioner retired on 31.1.2025 and has approached this Court for
payment of retiral dues by the respondents, therefore, at this stage without
entering into the merits of the case, present Writ Petition is disposed of
that legally permissible retiral dues be settled and be paid expeditiously.
(Saurabh Shyam Shamshery,J.)
April 23, 2026
SB
Digitally signed by :-
SANDEEP BHATTACHARYA
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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