Kapil Kumar v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Transport, Lko. and 3 Others

Court No. - 19 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 8808 of 2023 Petitioner :- Kapil Kumar Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Transport, Lko. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Tulsi Ram Yadav,Panna Lal Gupta,Vinay Kumar Singh Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Akhilesh Kumar Srivastava Hon'ble Jaspreet Singh,J. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner. Notice on behalf of the respondent no. 1 has been accepted by the office of Chief Standing Counsel. Shri Akhilesh Kumar Srivastava, learned counsel has accepted notice on behalf of respondent nos. 2 to 4. The petitioner has approached this Court with the limited prayer that he had made a representation with the respondent-department seeking his compassionate appointment on account of the death of his mother who died in harness on 5.7.2022. It is submitted that though the petitioner otherwise is eligible for the appointment, but since no decision has been taken, accordingly, the petitioner is suffering great hardship. Considering the issue involved as well as the fact that the representation

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the authority/department. At this stage, this Court is not inclined to keep the matter pending and is of the opinion that ends of justice can be made by directing the respondents to consider the representation which though addressed to the respondent no.4 shall be forwarded to the respondent no.3 who shall take a decision and inform the petitioner thereof within a period of eight weeks from the date a certified copy of this order is placed before the authority concerned. It is made clear that the Court has not examined the case of the petitioner on merits and the authority shall take a decision strictly in accordance with law. With the aforesaid directions, the writ petition is disposed of. Order Date :- 9.11.2023 Shravan High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench