HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW WRIT - A No. - 1776 of 2025 Court No. - 4 HON'BLE ABDUL MOIN, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Aditiya Mohan, learned counsel for the respondents no. 1 & 2 and learned Standing counsel appearing on behalf of the respondent no. 3. 2. Notice on behalf of the respondent no. 4 has been accepted by Sri Rishabh Kapoor, Advocate. 3. With the consent of learned counsel appearing on behalf of the contesting parties, the matter is being finally decided. 4. The grievance of the petitioner, the sister of the deceased employee namely Sri Vinod Kumar who was working as Junior Engineer under the respondents no. 1 & 2 and died in harness along with wife, his children and mother is before this Court claiming payment of all death cum retiral benefits as well as a mandamus commanding the respondents to grant permission to the petitioner to vacate the Jal Nigam house as had been allotted to her brother. 5. At the very outset, Sri Aditiya Mohan, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the respondents no. 1 & 2 states that the petitioner has already been informed of the dues as admissible to Sri Vinod Kumar and as soon as the petitioner gets a succession certificate from the competent Court of law, the amount would be released in accordance with law. 6. The aforesaid statement is recorded. Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Amardeep Yadav Counsel for Respondent(s) : Rishabh Kapoor Usha .....Petitioner(s) U.P. Jal Nigam (Rural) Thru. Managing Director 2 Lal Bahadur Shashtri Marg Lko. And 2 Others .....Respondent(s) 7. Learned counsel for the petitioner states that an endevour is being made to get the succession certificate by the petitioner at the earliest. 8. So far as the dispute pertaining to vacation of the accommodation which was allotted to Sri Vinod Kumar is concerned, Sri Aditiya Mohan states that there is a controversy as to whom the belongings in the house are to be handed over inasmuch as the petitioner in the capacity of being the sister and the in laws of the deceased employee are both claiming the custody of belongings. 9. Considering the aforesaid and admittedly it is the official accommodation belonging to the respondents no. 1 & 2 which is locked since the death of Sri Vinod Kumar as such, let the respondents depute a competent officer to consider the rival claims over the belongings of the deceased employee as are lying in the locked official accommodation for which purpose a letter would be issued to all the concerned persons by the said officer within two weeks from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order. Thereafter, after considering the rival claims of the parties, the belongings would be handed over and the official accommodation would be got vacated by the respondents within next two months of the persons claiming their belongings. September 24, 2025 Pachhere/- WRIA No. 1776 of 2025 2 (Abdul Moin,J.) Digitally signed by :- SATYENDRA SINGH PACHHERE High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench