Smt. Gunja Saroj v. State of U.P. Thru Prin.Secy. Deptt.Of Panchayati Raj and Ors

Court No. - 3 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 21009 of 2021 Petitioner :- Smt. Gunja Saroj Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru Prin.Secy. Deptt.Of Panchayati Raj And Ors. Counsel for Petitioner :- Pankaj Verma,Kripashankar Yadav Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Atul Kumar Dubey Hon'ble Vivek Chaudhary,J. Hon'ble Manish Kumar,J.

¶1Heard learned counsel for parties.

¶2Present writ petition is filed by the petitioner for the following main relief: "(i) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding the opposite parties to award/grant compensation to the petitioner under the scheme of compensation for death of an employee during election on account of death of her husband during Panchayat General Election 2021 in pursuance to the application submitted by the petitioner."

¶3Learned counsel for petitioner submits that grievance of petitioner would be sufficiently met in case representation of petitioner for the said purposes is considered and decided in a time bound manner.

¶4Learned counsel for respondents have no objection to the same.

¶5In view thereof, petitioner is permitted to make a fresh detailed representation to respondent no.4-District Magistrate/District Election Officer (Panchayat and Local Bodies), District Bahraich, raising all her grievance, annexing therewith a copy of this writ petition along with annexures and all the documents in support of her claim within a period of two weeks from today along with a certified copy of this order.

¶6In case such a representation is moved by petitioner, respondent no.4 shall consider and decide the same in accordance with law by a reasoned and speaking order within a period of three months from the date, a certified copy of this order along with representation is placed before him.

¶7It is made clear that this court has not applied itself on the merits of the case and all questions are left open to be considered and decided by the competent authority in accordance with law.

¶8With the aforesaid directions, present writ petition is disposed of. [Manish Kumar,J.] [Vivek Chaudhary,J.] Order Date :- 28.10.2023 Sachin High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench