Smt Susheela Devi v. State of U.P. and 3 Others

Court No. - 34 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 18111 of 2023 Petitioner :- Smt Susheela Devi Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Amit Kumar Pandey,Sourabh Pathak Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Ajit Kumar,J.

¶1Heard learned counsel for the parties.

¶2By means of this petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner has prayed for a direction to the respondent no.3 not to offer compassionate appointment to the respondent no.4 who happens to be the wife of the deceased son of the petitioner, namely, Late Arimardan. Petitioner claims to be solely dependent upon her son and since the wife is residing at her parents' residence, she may not maintain her.

¶3It is further submitted that before deciding the claim of the respondent no.4, petitioner may also be heard in the matter and undertaking may be taken from respondent no.4 that she will be maintaining the petitioner also who is old aged mother-in-law of the respondent no.4. It is submitted that there has been no divorce between the son of the petitioner and the respondent no.4.

¶4In view of the above, this petition stands disposed of with direction to the petitioner to represent the matter before respondent no.3, namely, Secretary/Chief Executive Officer, District Cooperative Bank, Near Railway crossing Banda who shall be considering and disposing of the claim of the respondent no.4 for compassionate appointment.

¶5It is made clear that the authority shall be offering good and reasonable opportunity of hearing to both the concerned parties before taking any decision in the matter. Order Date :- 6.11.2023 Deepika High Court of Judicature at Allahabad