Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:46498 Court No. - 8 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 4455 of 2024 Petitioner :- Om Shankar Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Panchayati Raj Lko. And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Prem Shanker Pandey Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Manish Mathur,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for petitioner and learned State Counsel for opposite parties. 2. Petition has been filed seeking a direction to concerned authority for deciding recommendation of Director, Panchayat Raj U.P. dated 05.06.2014 for grant of relaxation in preferring application for compassionate appointment. 3. It has been submitted that petitioner's father late Munna Lal passed away on the post of Gram Panchayat Adhikari on 22.09.2004 while in harness but at that time petitioner was a minor and upon attaining majority, made an application for compassionate appointment in terms of Uttar Pradesh of Dependents of Government Servants Dying-in-Harness Rules, 1974. 4. It is submitted that in pursuance of application so made, the Deputy Director, Panchayati Raj, U.P. by means of letter dated 05.06.2014 forwarded the same to State Government for taking appropriate action with regard to relaxation in time for consideration of petitioner's application which was preferred beyond a period of five years from the date of demise of his father. 5. At present, learned counsel for petitioner restricts his prayer for a final decision with regard to same. 6. Learned State Counsel does not have any instructions in this matter. 7. Considering innocuous nature of prayer being made, the opposite party no.1 i.e. Principal Secretary, Panchayati Raj, Civil Secretariat, Lucknow is directed to take final decision with regard to application dated 03.01.2014 as well as recommendation dated 05.06.2014 expeditiously within a period of six weeks from the date a certified copy of this order is produced before the said authority. In case it has not already been decided, in which case petitioner shall be supplied a copy of the final decision which had earlier been taken. 8. With aforesaid directions, petition stands disposed of. Order Date :- 8.8.2025 Satish Digitally signed by :- SATISH KUMAR BHARATI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench Digitally signed by :- SATISH KUMAR BHARATI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench