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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - C No. - 35049 of 2025 Court No. - 9 HON'BLE ARUN KUMAR, J.
1. Heard Sri Abhinab Mishra, learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Standing Counsel for the respondents.
2. The present writ petition has been filed by petitioner challenging the order of Permanent Lok Adalat, Bareilly dated 12.9.2024 passed in P.L.A. Case No.3 of 2024.
3. The petitioner was then posted as Lekhpal in Tehsil Faridpur, District Bareilly and has now retired. The claim had been filed by claimant- respondent nos.4 to 8 for ex-gratia payment under the Mukhyamantri Krishak Durghatna Kalyan Yojana. The claim has been allowed by respondent no.2 by the impugned order holding the claimants to be entitled for ex-gratia payment under the aforesaid scheme.
4. It is contended by learned counsel for the petitioner that the claim of claimants has been allowed against the petitioner in P.L.A. Case No.3 of 2024, which has been passed behind his back without putting him to notice.
5. This Court has perused the order dated 12.9.2024 passed by Permanent Lok Adalat, which accepts the claim of the claimants for ex-gratia payment under the aforesaid scheme. The order does not states that it is the personal liability of the petitioner to pay the said amount. No other reasons for challenging the aforesaid order has been pressed by the petitioner. Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Abhinab Mishra, Ayush Tripathi, Vivek Kumar Dwivedi Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C. Rammurti Lal .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. And 7 Others .....Respondent(s)
6. The reason for challenging the order of the Permanent Lok Adalat by petitioner is that a personal liability has been fixed upon him to pay the ex-gratia amount, to the claimants, is not borne out from the order under challenge.
7. The writ petition has been filed on misconceived ground and, as such, it is dismissed.
October 7, 2025 Anil WRIC No. 35049 of 2025 2 (Arun Kumar,J.) Digitally signed by :- ANIL KUMAR PATEL High Court of Judicature at Allahabad