Smt. Neeraj Alias Neeru and Another v. State of U.P. Thru. Its Prin. Secy./ Addl. Chief Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. and 2 Others

Court No. - 6 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 12268 of 2024 Petitioner :- Smt. Neeraj Alias Neeru And Another Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Its Prin. Secy./ Addl. Chief Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Deepak Singh,Rakesh Kumar Trivedi Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Alok Mathur,J.

¶1Heard Sri Deepak Singh, learned counsel for petitioner as well as learned Standing Counsel for the State.

¶2It has been submitted by learned counsel for petitioner that petitioner No. 1 is the widow of late Sri Devendra Pal Singh who was working on the post of Head Constable in U.P. Police and died on 12.01.2021 while being posted in district Firozabad.

¶3It has been submitted by learned counsel for petitioner that the petitioner is second wife of the deceased government servant as the first wife Smt. Kusum had died on 13.10.1998. The petitioners being legal heirs of the deceased government servant who had died in harness had moved an application for compassionate appointment on 15.10.2024 before the respondent No. 2 but the same is pending consideration and no decision on the same has been taken till date.

¶4After arguing the matter at some length, learned counsel for petitioner has submitted that the grievance of the petitioner shall be substantially redressed in case respondent No. 2 is directed to consider and decide the application of the petitioner dated 15.10.2024 in a time bound manner.

¶5Learned Standing Counsel does not object if a direction is issued to respondent for expeditious disposal of the representation preferred by the petitioner.

¶6Accordingly, without entering into the merits of the case, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondent No. 5 to decide the representation of the petitioner dated

15.10.2024 (Annexure No. 12) in accordance with law expeditiously, say, within a period of six weeks from the date a copy of this order is produced before him and communicate the decision to the petitioner. (Alok Mathur,) Order Date :- 18.12.2024/Ravi/ High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench