WRIT - C No. 3307 of 2026 at Lucknow

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW WRIT - C No. - 3307 of 2026 The Managing Director U.P. Forest Corporation Lko. .....Petitioner(s) Versus The Additional Labour Commissioner Lko. And 2 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Vaibhav Mishra Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C. Court No. - 8 HON'BLE JASPREET SINGH, J. 1. Heard Shri Vaibhav Mishra, learned counsel for the petitioner as well as the learned Standing Counsel for the State-respondents. 2. By means of the instant petition, the petitioners have challenged the validity of an order dated 11.07.2025. passed by the Controlling Authority, Payment of Gratuity Act 1972 cum Assistant Labour Commissioner in P.G. Case No.104 of 2025 (Sayyed Mohammad Miraj v. M.D. U.P. Forest Corporation and Another) holding that the opposite party No.3 is entitled to receive gratuity by including his entire service, including the service rendered since his initial appointment on 26.04.1985 as daily wager, till his regularization on 18.04.1991. The petitioners have challenged the aforesaid orders by filing P.G. Appeal No. 77 of 2025, which has been dismissed by the appellate controlling authority under the Payment of Gratuity A