Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:16 Court No. - 6 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 11249 of 2024 Petitioner :- Aaditri And Another Respondent :- Honble High Court Allahabad Thru. Registrar General Counsel for Petitioner :- Amit Prakash Sharma,Saurabh Tiwari,Vinit Kumar Pandey Counsel for Respondent :- Gaurav Mehrotra,Shishir Jain Hon'ble Alok Mathur,J. 1. Heard Sri Amit Prakash Sharma, learned counsel for petitioners as well as Sri Shishir Jain, learned counsel for respondents. 2. The grievances raised by the petitioners in the present case is with regard to non-grant of the service benefits admissible to the legal heirs of the deceased government servant, namely, Akhilesh Kumar who was the father of the petitioners and he was working in the High Court on the post of Review Officer died while being in service on 16.07.2024. 3. According to the petitioners, the petitioners are daughters of the deceased government servant and had made numerous applications to the respondents for grant of the service benefits but no decision has been taken by the respondents and consequently by means of present writ petition a direction has been sought to the respondents to give all the service benefits of Late Sri Akhilesh Kumar to the petitioners being his legal heirs. 4. On the basis of the written instructions Sri Shishir Jain, learned counsel appearing on behalf of High Court has informed this Court that as per the service records of the deceased government servant Sri Akhilesh Kumar one Ms. Kanchan has been shown to be his spouse which entry was made during lifetime of the said deceased government servant. It has been stated that Smt. Kanchan has also made a claim for grant of service benefits on the death of government servant and the said issue is pending consideration before the respondents. 5. He has submitted that on 27.11.2024, the Registrar General of this Court has written to Smt. Anara Devi (mother in law of the deceased government servant) with whom the minor petitioners are residing as well as Smt. Kanchan to submit death certificate and family member certificate of the deceased government servant so that their respective claims can be considered and decided. It is in the aforesaid circumstances that it cannot be denied that respondent is under a duty to decide the rival claims by appropriate orders passed in accordance with law. 6. Learned counsel for petitioner submits that though they have not submitted their reply due to non-receipt of certain papers but confirmed this Court that the reply to the notice sent by the Registrar General would be submitted within next two week and in case any further time is required then they are at liberty to move appropriate application before the Registrar General who shall be at liberty to grant appropriate time to the petitioner and in case such a prayer is made but in any case the extended time will not be increased more than four weeks from today. 7. The Registrar General shall also inform Smt. Kanchan of the order of this Court and elicit her response to the claim made by the petitioners. The Registrar General thereafter is required to decide the claims within a maximum period of four weeks from the date a reply is submitted by the parties as directed hereinabove by reasoned and speaking order in accordance with law and communicate the same to the parties. 8. In view of aforesaid observations / directions, the writ petition stands disposed of. (Alok Mathur, J.) Order Date :- 2.1.2025 Ravi/ Digitally signed by :- RAVI SHANKAR SRIVASTAV High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench