Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:21517 Court No. - 5 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 20771 of 2024 Petitioner :- Ashish Narayan Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Rajeev Jaiswal,Rajesh Kumar Bhatt Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Sanjay Kumar Om Hon'ble Ajay Bhanot,J. Heard Shri Rajesh Kumar Bhatt, learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Standing Counsel for the State- respondent No. 1 and Shri Satyam Rawat, learned counsel holding brief of Shri Sanjay Kumar Om, learned counsel for the respondents No. 2 to 4. The petitioner claims that he is entitled to be appointed under the dying in harness rules. He has made a representation in this regard but to no avail. Learned counsel for the respondents submits that the matter requires determination of facts by the competent authority as per law in the first instance. However, he fairly contends that the claim for grant of compassionate appointment is liable to be decided by the competent authority in a reasonable time frame. In the wake of preceding discussions and without going into the merits of the case, the respondent No. 4-Chief Engineer, U.P. Jal Nigam (Rural), Lucknow is directed to decide the representation of the petitioner regarding claim for grant of compassionate appointment, preferably, within a period of four months as per law from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order along with a fresh copy of the representation. With the aforesaid direction, the writ petition is finally disposed of. Order Date :- 14.2.2025 Jaswant Digitally signed by :- JASWANT KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad Digitally signed by :- JASWANT KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad Digitally signed by :- JASWANT KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad