HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW WRIT - A No. - 10179 of 2025 Court No. - 4 HON'BLE ABDUL MOIN, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Saharsh Srivastava, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel appearing for the respondents. 2. With the consent of learned counsels for the parties, the writ petition is being decided finally. 3. The petitioner is aggrieved by not being granted the ex-gratia amount on account of death of his wife who while working as Assistant Teacher had been deputed in the election duty and died due to COVID-2019 pandemic. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner after arguing at some length submits that with regard to the relief sought in the writ petition, the petitioner may be permitted to submit a fresh representation before respondent no.2 which may be directed to be decided within a time frame fixed by this Court to which learned Standing Counsel appearing for respondents has no objection. 5. In view of the above, it is provided that in case the petitioner submits a representation within two weeks from today before respondent no.2 then respondent no.2 shall endevour to decide the same by means of a reasoned and speaking order within a further period of six weeks from the date of submission of the representation along with certified copy of this order. Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Bhuvan Dwivedi, Dharmendra Kumar, Soumya Shukla Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C. Seeta Ram .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Deptt. Of Panchayati Raj Lko. And Another .....Respondent(s) 6. With the aforesaid direction, writ petition is disposed off. 7. It is made clear that this Court has not gone into the merits of the case. September 4, 2025 A. Katiyar WRIA No. 10179 of 2025 2 (Abdul Moin,J.) Digitally signed by :- AMIT KATIYAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench