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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:52995-DB Court No. - 39 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 10691 of 2025 Petitioner :- Ram Jiyawan Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Praveen Kumar Singh Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Arindam Sinha,J. Hon'ble Syed Qamar Hasan Rizvi,J.
1. Mr. Praveen Kumar Singh, learned advocate appears on behalf of petitioner and submits, his client got widowed on his wife meeting with road accident. Prayer is for compensation of Rs. 5,00,000/- under Mukhyamanti Krishak Durghatna Kalyan Yojna Scheme.
2. Drawing attention to copy of the scheme disclosed at page 50, clause 5(1) he submits, claim of his client is covered thereby.
3. Mr. Mohan Srivastava, learned advocate, Standing counsel appears on behalf of State and submits, wife of petitioner cannot be said to be farmer.
4. Co-ordinate Bench by order dated 21.08.2024 in Writ-C no. 26183 of 2024 (Smt. Gulab Kali vs. State of U.P. and 3 others) had taken view interpreting the scheme regarding its applicability to farmers.
5. We respectfully agree with the view. Petitioner's claim stands covered thereby. Same direction as in order dated 21.08.2024, Smt. Gulab Kali (supra) is made herein.
6. The writ petition is disposed of. Order Date :- 10.4.2025 Abhishek Sri. (Arindam Sinha,J.) (S.Q.H.Rizvi,J.) Digitally signed by :- ABHISHEK RANJAN SRIVASTAVA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad