Bhagirath and Ors v. State of U.P. Thru. Chief Secy. to the Govt. Lko. and Ors

Court No. - 3 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 23376 of 2021 Petitioner :- Bhagirath And Ors. Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Chief Secy. To The Govt. Lko. And Ors. Counsel for Petitioner :- Shiv Sharan Singh Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Vivek Chaudhary,J. Hon'ble Manish Kumar,J. Heard learned counsel for petitioners and the learned Standing Counsel for the State. Petitioners have approached this Court claiming that they are entitled for certain benefits being the victims of flood under the judgment and order dated 27.11.2017 passed by this Court in Writ Petition No. 2761 (M/B) of 2005 (Bhagirath & 4 others Vs. D.M. Lakhimpur Kheri & others) filed by the petitioners earlier. The relevant portion of the said judgment reads as under:- "Thus, finally we observe and direct that this matter may be placed before the Chief Secretary of the State for his consideration and appropriate solution to the grievances of the petitioners, who are displaced and their households were dislocated due to flood." Learned counsel for petitioners states that till date the order has not been passed by the Chief Secretary of the State though the petitioners have moved a fresh representation before the respondent no.1. In the given facts and circumstances of the case, respondent no.1/Chief Secretary to the Government of U.P., Lucknow, is directed to decide the representation of petitioners in accordance with law by a reasoned and speaking order, taking note of the aforesaid judgment passed by this Court, within a period of two months from the date a certified copy of this order is placed before him. With the aforesaid directions, present writ petition is disposed of. (Manish Kumar, J.) (Vivek Chaudhary, J.) Order Date :- 8.11.2023 Arjun/- High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench