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2025 DAILYLAW 159852 (ALL)

SMT. SHANTI DEVI v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. DEPTT. OF HOME LKO. AND 4 OTHERS

WRIC/8201/2025 · 2025-08-26

Brij Raj Singh, Sangeeta Chandra

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW WRIT - C No. - 8201 of 2025 Court No. - 2 HON'BLE MRS. SANGEETA CHANDRA, J. HON'BLE BRIJ RAJ SINGH, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Standing Counsel for the State-respondents. 2. This petition has been filed by the petitioner with following main prayers:- "i. Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of Mandamus, commanding the respondents to forthwith issue the Death Certificate of the petitioner's husband Late Vijay Bahadur (who expired on 20.02.2025) and also to provide the certified copy of the Pariwar Register, as applied for by the petitioner through various representations. ii. Issue a writ, order or direction commanding the respondents to consider and decide the petitioner's representations dated 28.03.2025, 29.03.2025, 31.07.2025 and 02.04.2025 (and other representations, if any), within a fixed time-frame as this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper. iii. Issue a writ, order or direction commanding the respondents to extend the benefit of all applicable Government Schemes, financial assistance and welfare measures available to a widow, on the basis of the Death Certificate and Pariwar Register." 3. We believe that the petitioner has already moved a representation to the appropriate authority, copy of which has been filed as Annexure-1 to the writ petition. Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Neeranjan, Anil Kumar Pandey Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C. Smt. Shanti Devi .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. Of Home Lko. And 4 Others .....Respondent(s) 4. Without entering into the merits of the case, this petition is disposed of with a direction to the Block Development Officer, Block Babhanjot, Tehsil Mankapur, District Gonda to decide the pending representation of the petitioner in accordance with law within a period of two weeks from the date a certified copy of this order is produced before him. August 26, 2025 Sachin WRIC No. 8201 of 2025 2 (Brij Raj Singh,J.) (Mrs. Sangeeta Chandra,J.) Digitally signed by :- SACHIN MEHROTRA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench