Mehattar Lal Sinha v. State of chhattisgarh
Case brief
What is this about?
Mehattar Lal Sinha v. State of Chhattisgarh & Ors., WPS No. 3488 of 2019, High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur, decided 13.01.2026 by Hon'ble Shri Justice Sanjay K. Agrawal (Single Bench). Petitioner (retired, aged about 64) sought benefit of enhanced gratuity; petition disposed of with liberty to file representation with documents within 04 weeks and direction to respondents (State of Chhattisgarh, Director Agriculture, Zila Sahakari Kendriya Bank Maryadit Raipur and its Branch Manager) to decide it by reasoned and speaking order within 06 weeks. Keywords: enhanced gratuity, representation, reasoned and speaking order, writ petition finally disposed, no costs. No statutes or precedents cited; no merits decision.
What did the court decide?
Liberty to the petitioner to file a comprehensive representation alongwith supportive documents before the concerned respondents within 04 weeks; the concerned respondent directed to consider and decide the representation in accordance with law by a reasoned and speaking order, preferably within 06 weeks of receipt; no costs; no opinion expressed on merits.