Smt. Suchita v. State of U.P. and 6 Others

Court No. - 40 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 35886 of 2023 Petitioner :- Smt. Suchita Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 6 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Ram Bilas Yadav,Ashutosh Kumar Tiwari Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Mahesh Chandra Tripathi,J. Hon'ble Prashant Kumar,J.

¶1Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Standing Counsel for the State-respondents.

¶2By means of the present writ petition, the petitioner has prayed for a direction in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents to pay the amount of monetary help to the petitioner in pursuance of Government Order dated 07.04.2020 and 11.04.2020.

¶3In pith and substance, learned counsel for the petitioner states the petitioner's husband who was health worker, died due to Covid-19 pandemic and the District Authorities has already made a recommendation in favour of the petitioner and it is submitted that it is not in dispute that the petitioner's husband died on duty with Covid-19. He submits that once the recommendation is already made by the District Authorities, then for all practical purposes, the same is to be accepted by the competent authority, i.e., respondent no. 1.

¶4Learned Standing Counsel very fairly submits that, in case, any such matter is pending before the authority concerned, definitely, the same would be processed in the light of the Government Order dated 07.04.2020 and 11.04.2020 at the earliest.

¶5Considering the facts and circumstances, without entering into the merit of the case, the writ petition stands disposed of directing the first respondent to look into, examine and redress the grievance of the petitioner strictly in accordance with law expeditiously, preferably, within three weeks from the date of receipt of certified copy of this order, but certainly after giving opportunity to all the stakeholders in the matter. Order Date :- 17.10.2023 Rama Kant High Court of Judicature at Allahabad