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2025 DAILYLAW 40561 (ALL)

SMT. URMILA DEVI v. STATE OF U.P. AND 4 OTHERS

WRIC/11139/2025 · 2025-09-17

Amitabh Kumar Rai, Saral Srivastava

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - C No. - 11139 of 2025 Court No. - 40 HON'BLE SARAL SRIVASTAVA, J. HON'BLE AMITABH KUMAR RAI, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Rajesh Kumar Pal, learned Standing Counsel for the State-respondents. 2. The grievance of the petitioner is that respondent-authority is not releasing the ex-gratia compensation of Rs.50 lacs to the petitioner in pursuance to the Government Order dated 11.04.2020 in lieu of death of her husband Jogendra Pal Singh (Technician Grade-II) who died while performing public duties in the COVID-19 pandemic. In respect to her grievances, petitioner has submitted several representations to the respondent-authority, but respondent-authority is not paying any heed to the request of the petitioner. 3. Learned Standing Counsel submits that no useful purpose would be served in keeping the writ petition pending and appropriate direction may be issued to the respondent no.5 to consider the grievance of the petitioner. 4. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case and without adverting into the merits of the case, the writ petition is disposed off permitting the petitioner to file a fresh representation alongwith certified copy of this order raising all her grievances before the respondent no.5-District Magistrate/Chairman, District Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Sudhanshu Pandey Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C. Smt. Urmila Devi .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. And 4 Others .....Respondent(s) Disaster Management Authority, District Farrukhabad within a period of one month from today. In case, any such representation is filed by the petitioner, the respondent no.5 shall consider and decide the same in accordance with law within a period of two months thereafter from the date he receives the representation of the petitioner. September 18, 2025 Sattyarth WRIC No. 11139 of 2025 2 (Amitabh Kumar Rai,J.) (Saral Srivastava,J.) Digitally signed by :- SATTYARTH ANAND High Court of Judicature at Allahabad