Uttarakhand High Court

Unknown vs Uttarakhand Transport Corporation on 4 July, 2025

Author: Pankaj Purohit

Bench: Pankaj Purohit

                                                       2025:UHC:5743



HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL
     Writ Petition Service Single No. 1117 of 2025
                          04th July, 2025

Bhagirathi Devi                                  ...........Petitioner

                               Versus

Uttarakhand Transport Corporation
and others                                   ...........Respondents
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Presence:-
Mr. Akshay Latwal, Advocate for the petitioner.
Ms. Sangeeta Adhikari Patni, Advocate holding brief of Mr. N.S.
Pundir, Advocate for the respondents.
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Hon'ble Pankaj Purohit, J.

By means of this writ petition, petitioner has sought the following reliefs:-

"I. Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of certiorari to quash the order dated 01-06-2022 (contained as Annexure no.3) whereby the respondent no.2 directed to made recovery of Rs.3,04,750/- from the gratuity amount of the petitioner's husband.

II. Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus to direct the respondent authorities to pay the entire gratuity amount i.e. 9,22,793/- of the petitioner's husband in favour of the petitioner."

2. Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the record.

3. At the very outset, learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that the matter is squarely covered by the judgment and order dated 04.04.2024, passed by the Division Bench of this Court in Special Appeal No.245 of 2022, Managing Director, Uttarakhand Transport Corporation, Dehradun and others Vs. Ashok Kumar Saxena and connected cases.

4. Learned counsel for the respondents admits this fact.

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5. Since the matter is covered, the writ petition is decided in terms of the judgment dated 04.04.2024, passed by the Division Bench of this Court in Special Appeal No.245 of 2022, Managing Director, Uttarakhand Transport Corporation and others Vs. Ashok Kumar Saxena and connected matters.

(Pankaj Purohit, J.) 04.07.2025 SK