Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:35690-DB Court No. - 1 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 5860 of 2025 Petitioner :- Ketki Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru.Its Prin. Secy. Revenue Deptt. Lko. And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Dinesh Kumar,Neeraj Pal,Santosh Kumar Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Attau Rahman Masoodi,J. Hon'ble Subhash Vidyarthi,J. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Standing Counsel appearing on behalf of the State Respondents. This writ petition has been challenging the orders dated 06.04.2021/06.07.2022 passed by the respondent no.2, rejecting the claim of the petitioner and the compensation under Mukhyamantri Krishak Durghatna Kalyan Yojana on the death of her son, namely, Vinod, who unfortunately died on 28.06.2020. It has been argued by learned counsel for the petitioner that the application of the petitioner has been rejected on the ground of it having been filed with delay, whereas this Court in Writ-C No.1591 of 2022 has looked into the question of delay caused due to Covid-19 pandemic placing reliance upon the observation made by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Suo Moto Writ Petition (C) No.03 of 2020 and issued direction to exclude from the period of limitation provided under the Statutes and the period as was elapsed due to Covid-19 pandemic. The orders dated 06.04.2021/06.07.2022 passed by the District Magistrate, Lucknow, is quashed with a direction to the respondent no.2 to consider the claim of the petitioner on merits and pass appropriate orders within a period of two months from the date a certified copy of this order is produced before him. The writ petition stands disposed of. . (Subhash Vidyarthi, J.) (Attau Rahman Masoodi, J.) Order Date :- 17.6.2025 akhilesh/- Digitally signed by :- AKHILESHWAR KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench