Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:141551 Court No. - 5 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 16937 of 2024 Petitioner :- Nanno Devi Respondent :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Petitioner :- Dharmendra Kumar Dwivedi Counsel for Respondent :- Abhinava Krishna Srivastava,C.S.C. Hon'ble Saurabh Shyam Shamshery,J. 1. Heard Sri Dharmendra Kumar Dwivedi, learned counsel for applicant and Ms. Priyanka Sharma, Advocate holding brief of Sri A.K. Srivastava, learned counsel for respondents. 2. It is not disputed that petitioner has approached this Court after about 28 years of death of her husband which took place on 24.07.1996 that family pension be fixed. 3. Learned counsel for respondents, at the outset, has rightly pointed out that there is no material on record that petitioner has ever tried to approach concerned respondents for aforesaid prayer and there is no explanation in writ petition of such extraordinary delay. 4. Learned counsel for respondents further refers that petitioner was herself appointed on compassionate basis and got retired on 31.03.2022. Even during her service period, she has not raised her claim. 5. Learned counsel for petitioner has not able to contradict above submissions. 6. In view of above and considering submissions of learned counsel for respondents, this Court does not find any ground to consider prayer of petitioner, therefore, this writ petition is dismissed. Order Date :- 19.8.2025 N. Sinha Digitally signed by :- NIRMAL SINHA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad