Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:32986 Court No. - 5 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 2521 of 2025 Petitioner :- Raman Shastri Respondent :- Union Of India And 5 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Pramod Kumar Katiyar,Swati Agrawal Srivastava Counsel for Respondent :- A.S.G.I.,Maneesh Mehrotra,Sushil Kumar Mishra Hon'ble Ajay Bhanot,J. Heard Shri Pramod Kumar Katiyar, learned counsel for the petitioner, learned counsel for the respondent No. 1 and Shri J.P. Pandey, learned counsel holding brief of Shri Maneesh Mehrotra, learned counsel for the respondents No. 2 to 6. The petitioner has prayed for a mandamus upon the respondents to command them to decide his representation for grant of appointment on compassionate grounds. Shri J.P. Pandey, learned counsel holding brief of Shri Maneesh Mehrotra, learned counsel for the respondents No. 2 to 6 submits that the claim of the dependent of the deceased father of the petitioner was firstly rejected for compassionate ground on 27.04.2020. The aforesaid rejection was reiterated on 16.08.2023. The said orders have not been challenged before this Court. The rejection orders are made over to the learned counsel for the petitioner and the same may be kept in record. The writ petition is liable to be dismissed on grounds of delay and laches. In wake of the aforesaid, the writ petition is dismissed. Order Date :- 6.3.2025/Jaswant Digitally signed by :- JASWANT KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad