SPECIAL APPEAL DEFECTIVE No. 363 of 2023 at Lucknow

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW SPECIAL APPEAL DEFECTIVE No. - 363 of 2023 State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Rural Development, Civil Secrt. Lko. and another .....Appellant(s) Versus Yogesh Srivastava .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Appellant(s) : Mohit Jauhari (S.C.) Counsel for Respondent(s) : Vijay Kumar Srivastava Chief Justice's Court HON'BLE ARUN BHANSALI, CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE JASPREET SINGH, J. 1. This appeal is directed against order dated 19.01.2023 passed in Writ-A No. 20267 of 2020 whereby the learned Single Judge has set aside the order dated 17.09.2020 passed by the appellants whereby application filed by the respondent for grant of gratuity from 05.10.1985 to 11.11.1999 was refused. 2. The appeal is barred by 96 days. An application under Section 5 of the Limitation Act, seeking condonation of delay, has been filed. 3. For the reasons indicated in the application supported by an affidavit, the delay in filing the appeal is condoned. The application is, accordingly, disposed of. 4. The respondent was accorded appointment as Junior Accountant Clerk by order dated 30.09.1985 issued by the District Magistrate/Chairman, District Rural Development Authority, Fai