SPECIAL APPEAL No. 518 of 2023 at Lucknow

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW SPECIAL APPEAL No. - 518 of 2023 U.P. Jal Nigam (Urban) Thru. Its Managing Director Lko. And Others .....Appellant(s) Versus Nand Kishore Verma .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Appellant(s) : Krishna Kumar Vishwakarma, Rishabh Kapoor Counsel for Respondent(s) : Savita Jain, Srideep Chatterjee As Amicus Court No. - 1 HON'BLE RAJAN ROY, J. HON'BLE AMITABH KUMAR RAI, J. 1. Heard Shri Rishabh Kapoor, learned Counsel for the appellants, Shri Srideep Chatterjee, learned Amicus curie and Ms. Savita Jain, learned Counsel for the respondent. 2. By means of this appeal, the appellant-U.P. Jal Nigam (Urban) has challenged the judgment and order dated 23.05.2023 passed in Writ A No.3736 of 2023 (Nand Kishore Verma vs. U.P. Jal Nigam (Urban) and Others) by which the writ petition of the respondent-petitioner challenging an order dated 23.01.2023 by which post retiral dues of the respondent-petitioner i.e. gratuity and leave encashment were denied by withholding the same in terms of audit objections has been allowed. 3. We have perused the interim order dated 19.10.2023 passed by this Court, we, however, proceed to decide the appeal on merits. 4. We ha