Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:71-DB Court No. - 2 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 11012 of 2024 Petitioner :- Smt. Usha Devi Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Panchayat Raj U.P. Lko. And 5 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Ganga Prasad Mishra,Abhinav Mishra,Gaurav Chandra Kashyap Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Mohan Singh Hon'ble Rajan Roy,J. Hon'ble Brij Raj Singh,J. 1. Heard. 2. The petitioner claims to be the wife of late Santosh Kumar who is said to have died on 13.02.2024. The petitioner claims inclusion of her name in the family register. 3. Remedy, if at all, is under Rule 6 of the U.P. Panchayat Raj (Maintenance of Family Registers) Rules, 1970. The petitioner may avail the same unless it has already been availed. 4. At this stage, petitioner's counsel says that an application was submitted to the Sub Divisional Magistrate. However, as per the Rules, the authority competent is the Assistant Development Officer (Panchayat), therefore, the petitioner should move an application before the said authority. Moreover, learned standing counsel says that the Panchayat Secretary has submitted an adverse report. We do not wish to go into these controversies. The petitioner may avail the remedy prescribed. 5. The petition is disposed of. [Brij Raj Singh, J.] [Rajan Roy, J.] Order Date :- 2.1.2025 Santosh/- Digitally signed by :- SANTOSH KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench