Smt. Vijay Lakshmi v. State of U.P. and 3 Others

Court No. - 35 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 20617 of 2023 Petitioner :- Smt. Vijay Lakshmi Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Pradeep Kumar Pandey,Pankaj Pandey,Pradeep Kumar Lodhi Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Vikas Budhwar,J. On the oral request of the learned counsel for the writ petitioner he is permitted to implead Deputy Director of Madhyamik Shiksha Meerut Region, Meerut as fifth respondent, Heard Sri Pankaj Pandey, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Awadhesh Kumar Mishra, learned Standing Counsel, who appears for respondents 1, 2 and 3. In view of the order, which is being proposed to be passed today, notices are not being issued to the fourth respondent. The case of the writ petitioner is that her husband who was working as a Lecturer (Chemistry) in Lok Kisan Inter College District Bulandshahr since 12.10.1994 superannuated on

31.3.2022. No dues certificate was also issued and ultimately he expired on 2.12.2022. The claim of the writ petitioner is for payment of family pension and other retiral dues. Learned Standing Counsel submits that the issues with the writ petitioner seeks to raise needs determination at the instance of the fifth respondent, Deputy Director of Madhyamik Shiksha Meerut Region, Meerut who shall address to the claim of the writ petitioner. Considering the submissions of the rival parties as well as stand taken by them, the writ petition is being disposed of without seeking any response from the respondents granting liberty to the writ petitioner to prefer a comprehensive representation along with the self-attested copy of the writ petition before the fifth respondent, Deputy Director of Madhyamik Shiksha Meerut Region, Meerut who shall on the receipt of the same, put to notice to the fourth respondent and thereafter proceed to decide the claim of the petitioner strictly in accordance with law within a period of three months from the date of presentation of the certified copy of the order. Needless to point out that the writ petition has been decided without seeking any response from the respondents. Thus, passing of this order may not be construed to an expression that this Court has gone into the merits of the case. With the aforesaid observation, the writ petition is disposed of. Order Date :- 14.12.2023 piyush High Court of Judicature at Allahabad