Hon'ble LOHRA, J.—The bizarre tale of a poor employee Helper, who has rendered services of more than three decades with the respondent University without getting his retiral benefit in the form of gratuity, as demonstrated in the present petition, is heartening and utmost distressing.

2. Stated in succinct, the factual matrix as depicted in the writ petition is that at the threshold of his service career, the petitioner was appointed as Helper under the respondent University w.e.f. 23rd of July 1963 and confirmed in the said capacity vide order dated 11th of August 1973 with effect from 23.07.1964. As per the petitioner, he was appointed in the regular establishment and served his employer for more than three decades making him entitled for all the three selection grades on completion of 9, 18 & 27 years of services. For substantiating this positive assertion, the petitioner has placed on record document Annex.2 dated 12th of April 1993, whereby his pay was ordered to be fixed on conferment of third selection grade by considering his uninterrupted services of more than 28 years. The petitioner has also asserted in the writ petition that while serving the respondent University, he wa

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