Ram Kishor v. State of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Food and Civil Supply, Lko. and 4 Others

Court No. - 8 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 7695 of 2023 Petitioner :- Ram Kishor Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Food And Civil Supply, Lko. And 4 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Lakshmana Singh Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Dilip Kumar Pandey Hon'ble Pankaj Bhatia,J.

¶1A supplementary affidavit has been filed by the petitioner today in Court, which is taken on record.

¶2The present petition has been filed challenging the order dated 14.08.2023 passed by the respondent no.3, whereby the request of the petitioner for considering the appointment on compassionate ground has been not adhered to only on the ground that the petitioner could not produce the Character Certificate, which is an essential requirement.

¶3The contention of the Counsel for the petitioner is that the Character Certificate has been applied and the same is to be issued by the police authorities, however, the police authorities are delaying to issue the said Character Certificate, which is not the fault of the petitioner.

¶4Considering the said submission, the present petition is disposed off with a direction to the S.P., Unnao to ensure that the application of the petitioner for grant of Character Certificate is disposed off within a week from the date of receipt of this order.

¶5In case, the Character Certificate is granted and the petitioner filed the same through an application for compassionate appointment of fair price shop, the same shall be considered afresh before taking any decision for allotment of fair price shop dealership through open meeting. Order Date :- 12.10.2023 akverma High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench