Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:37408 Court No. - 18 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 7040 of 2025 Petitioner :- Pushpa Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. Of Tech. Edu. Lko. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Arvind Kumar Srivastava Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Manish Mathur,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for petitioner and learned State Counsel for opposite parties no. 1 to 3. 2. In view of order being passed, notice to opposite party no.4 stands dispensed with. 3. Petition has been filed seeking a direction to opposite parties to ensure appointment of petitioner on compassionate basis in terms of the Uttar Pradesh of Dependents of Government Servants Dying-in Harness Rules, 1974 and also for payment of dues of petitioner's husband late Dharam Chandra within a stipulated time period. 4. It has been submitted that petitioner's husband was employed with Sanjay Gandhi Government Polytechnic, Jagdishpur, Amethi, U.P. and died in service on 15.12.2024 whereafter petitioner filed an application for compassionate appointment on 27.01.2025, which is yet pending consideration and even dues admissible to petitioner have not yet been paid. 5. At present learned counsel for petitioner restricts his prayer for a final decision upon the application so made. 6. Considering innocuous prayer being made by learned counsel for petitioner and without entering into merits of the case, opposite party no.3 i.e. Principal, Sanjay Gandhi Government Polytechnic, Jagdishpur, Amethi is directed to decide petitioner's grievance pertaining to compassionate appointment and payment of service dues of late Dharam Chandra expeditiously within a period of eight weeks from the date a certified copy of this order is produced before the concerned authority after affording an opportunity of hearing to opposite party no. 4 i.e. Smt. Dhanpata Devi as well. 7. With aforesaid directions, petition stands disposed of. Order Date :- 3.7.2025 Satish Digitally signed by :- SATISH KUMAR BHARATI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench