Deepak Kumar Pal v. State of U.P. and 2 Others

Court No. - 40 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 31725 of 2023 Petitioner :- Deepak Kumar Pal Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Amit Kumar Sinha,Deepali Srivastava Sinha Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Mahesh Chandra Tripathi,J. Hon'ble Prashant Kumar,J.

¶1Heard Shri Kartikeya Rajaval, Advocate holding brief of Shri Amit Kumar Sinha, learned counsel for the petitioner and Shri Devesh Vikram, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel for the State-respondents.

¶2The present writ petition is preferred for a direction commanding the District Review Committee/District Magistrate, Sant Ravidas Nagar (Bhadohi)/respondent no. 2 to decide the appeal/objection dated 14.11.2022 of the petitioner, which was registered in Bhulekh Register at Serial No. 1261 on 18.11.2022.

¶3Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the mother of the petitioner died due to an accident on 14.07.2021. Thereafter, the petitioner had moved an application under "Mukhya Mantri Kishan Durghatna Kalyan Yojna" for according ex-gratia payment. He submits that without considering the material on record in most arbitrary manner the claim had been negated by the Prescribed Authority. In this backdrop, it is claimed that aggrieved with the said rejection order under the scheme in question, the petitioner has already moved review/appeal/objection on

14.11.2022, which is pending consideration before the District Level Committee/District Magistrate. He has confined his prayer that the said review may be disposed of considering the material available on record.

¶4Shri Devesh Vikram, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel states that in case any such application is pending consideration in accordance with law, then definitely the authority would proceed to dispose of the same expeditiously.

¶5Considering the facts and circumstances, no useful purpose would be served in keeping the writ petition pending consideration.

¶6Considering the facts and circumstances and with the consent of counsel for the parties, the writ petition is disposed of with observation that in case, the objection dated 14.11.2022 is not decided till date, the same would be finalised in accordance with law within three weeks from the date of production of certified copy of this order. Order Date :- 2.11.2023/ Rama Kant High Court of Judicature at Allahabad