HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW WRIT - A No. - 13032 of 2025 Court No. - 18 HON'BLE SHREE PRAKASH SINGH, J. Vakalatnama filed by Mr. Prashant Puri, learned counsel on behalf of the respondent no.2 is taken on record. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, Mr. Pradeep Kumar Singh, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel for the respondent nos. 1 & 3, Mr. Prashant Puri, learned counse for the respondent no.2, Mr. Rakesh Kumar Chaudhary, learned Senior Counsel assisted by Mr. Sushant, learned counsel for the respondent nos. 4 and 5 and perused the material on record. Instant petition has been filed seeking following main relief:- "I. Issue, order or direction in the nature of MANDAMUS directing the U.P. Cooperative Institutional Service Board, Lucknow (Opposite Party No. 2) to consider and approve the petitioner's claim for compassionate appointment in the District Cooperative Bank Ltd., District Lakhimpur Kheri, Uttar Pradesh in place of her deceased husband, Late Shri Vikas Verma, without any further delay." Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner's husband died on 22.12.2024 and she is claiming for her appointment on compassionate ground. He submitted that the decision for appointment has been taken on 4.9.2025 by respondent no.5-Secretary/Chief Executive Officer, District Co- operative Bank Ltd. District Lakhimpur Kheri but the respondent no.2, i.e., U.P. Co-operative Institutional Service Board has come into way for providing such appointment to the petitioner on the ground that there is some Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Piyush Asthana Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., Prashast Puri, Rakesh Kumar Chaudhary Soni .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Cooperative Deptt. Lko. And 4 Others .....Respondent(s) enquiry regarding selection of the husband of the petitioner, which is pending before SIT. He submitted that there is no impediment in appointment of the petitioner and the appointment of the petitioner can be done with the rider of outcome of the S.I.T. in future. He submitted that the petitioner may be permitted to raise claim before the respondent no.2 to grant approval on the decision taken by the respondent no.5 for appointment of the petitioner and the same shall be decided within stipulated period of time as may be fixed by this Court. In addition he argued that in one of the identical matter, namely, Pawan Kumar, who approached this Court by way of instituting Writ-A No.29096 of 2021, wherein the order was passed, which was complied with by the Department and likewise, in another matters also, the orders have been passed and those have been complied with, but so far as the present petitioner is concerned, uncalled for objections are being raised. Learned counsels for the respondents have no objection to the submission aforesaid. Be that as it may, without entering into merits of the case, the petitioner is given liberty to move fresh representation before the respondent no.2/U.P. Co-operative Institutional Service Board raising claim for grant of approval of her appointment in the light of the order dated 4.9.2025 within fifteen days and in case such representation is moved, the respondent no.2 is directed to consider and decide the same in accordance with law, within further period of six weeks. With the aforesaid observations, the writ petition is disposed of. November 11, 2025 Ram Murti WRIA No. 13032 of 2025 2 (Shree Prakash Singh,J.) Digitally signed by :- RAM MURTI YADAV High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench