Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:41757 Court No. - 5 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 7894 of 2025 Petitioner :- Kamaruddin Ahamad Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Deptt. Of Panchayati Raj And Another Counsel for Petitioner :- Onkar Singh,Shivpal Yadav Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Abdul Moin,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Standing Counsel for the respondents-State. 2. With the consent of learned counsel appearing for the contesting parties, the writ petition is finally being disposed of. 3. Contention of the learned counsel for the petitioner is that his wife, was working as Assistant Teacher in Upper Primary School in District Mau when she was sent in election duty in April, 2021 and after having completed election duty, died on 06.05.2021 on account of COVID-19. However, despite the State having issued a government order providing ex gratia amount of Rs.30 Lakh to the dependent of those employees who died while working on election duty, the said benefit has still not been paid to the husband of the petitioner. 4. Considering the aforesaid, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondent No.2 i.e. District Magistrate, Mau to consider the claim of the petitioner for grant of ex gratia amount in accordance with law under relevant government order. Let such a consideration be done within a period of 8 weeks from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order. 5. It is made clear that this Court has not gone into the merits of the claim set forth by the petitioner. Order Date :- 22.7.2025 prateek Digitally signed by :- PRATEEK ARORA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench