JUDGMENT :

Pankaj Purohit, J.

Since all these writ petitions involve the same controversy, therefore, all are being decided by this common judgment. For the purpose of brevity, the facts of Writ Petition (S/S) No.1846 of 2022, “Nawal Kishore Verma vs. State of Uttarakhand & others”, are taken for consideration of the controversy.

2. By means of this writ petition, the petitioner has sought indulgence of this Court for a direction to the respondents to grant the entire amount of gratuity of the petitioner from the date of his superannuation, i.e. 30.06.2003 till the date of actual payment, and the interest is also claimed on the amount of said gratuity @10% per annum from the date of superannuation of the petitioner till the date of actual payment.

3. The facts of the case, shorn of unnecessary detail, are that the petitioner was appointed as an Assistant Teacher (LT Grade) (Physics) with respondent no.4-Uday Raj Hindu Inter College, Kashipur, District Udham Singh Nagar (hereinafter referred to as the “Institution”). It is pertinent to mention that the said institution is a private aided institution in the grant-in-aid with the respondent-State. The respondent-Department invited options