HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW WRIT - A No. - 13498 of 2025 Court No. - 18 HON'BLE SHREE PRAKASH SINGH, J. Mr. Hamza Shamim, advocate, has put in appearance by way of filing vakalatnama on behalf of respondent nos. 2 to 4 and the same is taken on record. Heard Mr. Shyam Bahadur, learned counsel for the petitioner, Mr. Hamza Shamim, learned cousnel for respondent nos. 2 to 4, Mr. P.K. Singh, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel for the State. Notice to respondent no. 5 is hereby dispensed with. The present writ petition has been filed while claiming the appointment of the petitioner on compassionate grounds as the husband of the petitioner died on 29.01.2018 during service period. The contentions of counsel for the petitioner is that the petitioner is a women of 40 years of age and her husband died and she is suffering financially hard. Further submission is that the claim has already been made before the competent authority on 15.02.2018 and that is still pending consideration before the same. He submitted that the respondent no. 2 maybe directed to consider and decide the petitioner's claim for appointment on compassionate grounds, within stipulated period of time as may be fixed by this Court. Mr. Hamza Shamim, counsel for respondent nos. 2 to 4 submits that the claim of the petitioner regarding the retiral dues have been made to the petitioner and so far as the claim which is being raised for appointment that Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Shyam Bahadur Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., Namit Sharma Smt. Salma .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Secy. Home Lko. And 4 Others .....Respondent(s) will be considered sympathetically by the department. Be that as it may, without entering into the merit of the case, the petitioner is permitted to move a fresh representation within period of 15 days, and if such representation is moved within aforesaid period, respondent no. 2/Nagar Ayukt, Nagar Nigam, Lalbagh, Lucknow, is hereby directed to consider and decide the claim of the petitioner, within a period of eight weeks, in accordance with law, from the date, a certified copy of this order is produced before him. Further the liberty is given to the respondent-authority that if some claim is raised earlier by the petitioner on any given format, the decision shall be taken accordingly. With the aforesaid observations, the instant petition is disposed of. December 4, 2025 Mayank WRIA No. 13498 of 2025 2 (Shree Prakash Singh,J.) Digitally signed by :- MAYANK PRATAP SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench