Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:15216 Court No. - 6 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 2822 of 2025 Petitioner :- Atul Singh Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Home Deptt. Lko And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Raj Kumar Upadhyaya (R.K.Upadhyaya),Sonal Bajpai Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Alok Mathur,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Standing Counsel for the respondents. 2. By means of present writ petition the petitioner has sought direction to the respondents to consider the petitioner's candidature for compassionate appointment on a suitable post, with all consequential benefits of pay and allowances, under the provisions of Uttar Pradesh Recruitment of Dependents of Government Servants Dying in Harness Rules, 1974. 3. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that petitioner applied for compassionate appointment after death of his father late Ram Naresh Singh on 24.02.2023, who was working on the post of "Head Constable" in Civil Police. 4. It is next submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that his deceased father had two wives, one Smt. Rajesh Kumari (mother of petitioner and two sisters of petitioner) and Smt. Vimlesh Devi who had five children including one daughter and four sons. It is submitted that petitioner is well qualified having degree of B.A. with CCC certificate from NIEIT and is fully eligible for appointment on compassionate grounds on suitable post. It is submitted that his step brother and step sisters are well settled in their lives and his step mother has received all the post retiral benefits as well as other immovable property of his late father. It is submitted that petitioner has submitted no objection certificate from his real sisters but his step brother and sisters are not ready to give the same. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the respondents are sitting on the matter and have not passed any orders till date nor any appointment has been given to the petitioner. 5. After arguing the matter up to some length, it is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that grievance of petitioner shall be substantially redressed in case respondent no. 3 - Superintendent of Police, Pratapgarh is directed to consider and decide petitioner's representation dated 05.02.2025, annexed as Annexure - 6 to the writ petition, expeditiously. 6. Learned Standing Counsel has no objection in case suitable directions are issued to respondent no. 3 to proceed to consider and decide petitioner's representation. 7. In view of above, present writ petition is disposed of with direction to respondent no. 3 - Superintendent of Police, Pratapgarh is directed to consider and decide petitioner's representation dated 05.02.2025, annexed as Annexure - 6 to the writ petition, expeditiously, say within six weeks from the date of production of certified copy of this order, after giving full opportunity of hearing to all the concerned parties, in accordance with law by means of reasoned and speaking order and communicate the decision to the petitioner. Order Date :- 12.3.2025 A. Verma (Alok Mathur, J.) Digitally signed by :- ANURAG VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench