Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:27427 Court No. - 3 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 5147 of 2025 Petitioner :- Ram Prasad Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secretary , Panchayat Raj Lucknow And Another Counsel for Petitioner :- Onkar Singh Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Rajesh Singh Chauhan,J. 1. Heard Sri Onkar Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Ran Vijay Singh, learned Addl. C.S.C. for the opposite parties. 2. At the very outset learned counsel for the petitioner has requested that he may be permitted to implead the Director, Panchayati Raj Department, U.P. as opposite party no. 3 during the course of the day. 3. Request made by learned counsel for the petitioner is allowed. 4. Let the necessary impleadment be made during the course of the day. 5. Let the copy of the petition be given to learned Addl. C.S.C. 6. Sri Ran Vijay Singh has received instructions in the matter and on teh basis of instructions from the District Magistrate, Basti he has submitted that since the wife of the petitioner died on account of road accident and in such eventuality a payment of ex-gratia is admissible up to Rs. 15,00,000/-, therefore, such grievance of the petitioner may be considered positively. He has also informed that the positive recommendation has been forwarded to the Driector, Panchayati Raj Department, U.P., the newly impleaded opposite party no. 3. 7. By means of this petition the petitioner has prayed following relief : "I. Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding the opposite parties to forthwith sanction the ex-gratia payment of Rs. 30.00 lacs in terms of Government Order dated 01.06.2021. II. Issue any other writ, order or direction of a suitable nature commanding the opposite parties to forthwith disburse the amount of ex- gratia payment of Rs. 30.00 lacs along with interest at such rate as may be specified by this Hon'ble Court within a period to be specified by this Hon'ble Court." 8. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that ends of justice would suffice if he is allowed to move a fresh representation before the opposite party no. 3 and the same may be directed to dispose it of with speaking and reasoned order within stipulated time. 9. With the consent of parties the writ petition is disposed of finally at the admission stage. 10. Without entering into the merits of the issue, the petitioner is permitted to move a fresh representation within 15 days before the opposite party no. 3 i.e. Director, Panchayati Raj Department, U.P. taking all his pleas and grounds and enclosing his earlier representations along with all relevant documents. If such a representation is moved the opposite party concerned is directed to dispose of the representation of the petitioner with speaking and reasoned order after affording an opportunity of hearing to the parties concerned, strictly in accordance with law expeditiously redressing the grievance of the petitioner in terms of the Government Order and also the instructions so provided, say within a period of two months from the date of production of the certified copy of this order. 11. The decision on the representation shall be communicated to the petitioner forthwith. 12. Writ petition is finally disposed of. . [Rajesh Singh Chauhan, J.] Order Date :- 9.5.2025 Om Digitally signed by :- OM PRAKASH MISHRA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench