HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW WRIT - C No. - 10057 of 2025 Court No. - 3 HON'BLE SHEKHAR B. SARAF, J. HON'BLE PRASHANT KUMAR, J. 1. Heard counsel appearing on behalf of the parties. 2. Challenge has been raised to the decision made by the empowered committee that has rejected the claim made by the petitioner under the 'Mukhyamantri Krishak Durghatna Kalyan Yojana' (hereinafter referred to as "the Scheme"). 3. Undisputedly the petitioner's husband late Vijay died due to road accident on 04.04.2022. Relying on the Scheme enforced in the State under Government Order dated 02.03.2020, petitioner applied for the payment of compensation of Rs. 5,00,000/-. 4. Presently, the claim has been rejected on the solitary reason that the deceased did not own any agricultural land. No other reason has been assigned. At the same time, it has been recorded that neither the petitioner had any agricultural land nor was a farmer. 5. Clause 2 of the Scheme is extracted as under: "2- पा्ऴता (कृ षक की पिरभाषा)- यह योजना उ्तर ्ऺदेष के िनवासी ऐसे कृ षकों के िलए है, जो दुघर्टनावष मृत / िद्िांग हो जाते है। कृ षक का तात्पयर् िनम्निलिखत है- Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Vivek Chandra Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C. Sangeeta .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Revenue Deptt. Lko And 2 Others .....Respondent(s) (1) राजस्व अिभलेखों अथार्त खतौनी में दजर् खातेदार / सहखातेदार। अथवा (2) खातेदार / सहखातेदार के पिरवार के ऐसे कमाऊ सदस्य (Bread winner) िजनकी आजीिवका का मुख्य ्सोत खातेदार / सहखातेदार के नाम दजर् भूिम से होने वाली कृ िष आय है। अथवा (3) ऐसे भूिमहीन ्िि्व जो पटटे से ्ऺाप्त भूिम पर अथवा बटाई पर कृ िष कायर् करते हैं तथा िजनकी जीिवका का मृख्य साधन ऐसे प्टे अथवा बटाई पर ली गयी भूिम पर कृ िष कायर् है। प्टेदार के अन्तगर्त असामी प्टेदार, सरकारी प्टेदार तथा िनजी प्टेदार सिम्मिलत होंगे।" 6. Undeniably the eligibility to claim compensation under the Scheme may arise upon the occurrence of death of a farmer who may have held agricultural land either under single or joint ownership or on occurrence of death of any family member of such farmer who may have been drawing such earning by working on such farm land or such eligibility may arise upon death of a landless labourer as well. 7. Since it is not a pre-condition under the Scheme that the deceased himself must own agricultural land or that his name must be found recorded with respect to any agricultural land, the claim made by the petitioner could not be rejected on the reason of absence of agricultural land recorded in favour of the deceased. 8. In the present facts, it is not in dispute that the deceased was going for agricultural work at the fields and while crossing the road, he died due to road accident. 9. In view of the above finding recorded by the Committee, no useful purpose would be served in keeping the present writ petition pending by calling counter-affidavit at this stage. 10. Clearly the decision making process has suffered a fatal flaw. Once it was found that the deceased was going to do agricultural work and while crossing the road, he met an accident, there existed no reason to reject the claim made by the petitioner. WRIC No. 10057 of 2025 2 11. Accordingly the writ petition is allowed at this stage itself. 12. The order dated 13.12.2022 passed by respondent no.2 is set-aside. 13. Matter is remanded to the respondent no.2 to pass a fresh order providing for release of due money within a period of one month from today. October 14, 2025 Ashutosh WRIC No. 10057 of 2025 3 (Prashant Kumar,J.) (Shekhar B. Saraf,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHUTOSH PANDEY High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench Digitally signed by :- ASHUTOSH PANDEY High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench