Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:64828 Court No. - 4 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 5505 of 2025 Petitioner :- Smt Anuradha Singh And 2 Others Respondent :- State Of Up And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Virendra Kumar Shukla Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Ajit Kumar,J. 1. Heard Sri Virendra Kumar Shukla, learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Standing Counsel for the State. 2. By means of this petition filed under Article 226 of Constitution of India, the petitioner who is a widow of late Mahendra Nath Singh @ Mahendra Pratap Singh, an ex-collection ameen working under respondent nos.2 and 3 has approached this Court for a writ of mandamus to command the respondents to review their order dated 10.12.2005 whereby services of the petitioner were dispensed with on account of conviction in criminal case by the Trial Judge, however the said decision of his removal from service was subject to final outcome of the pending criminal appeal. The operative portion of the order dated 10.12.2005 passed by the District Magistrate, Jaunpur who is competent authority in the matter is reproduced hereunder: "ममेरमे दद्वारद्वा वविभद्वागगीय कद्वायरविद्वाहगी सम्बन्धगी पतद्वाविलगी कद्वा वविधधवित पररशगीलन वकयद्वा गयद्वा। चचूंवक अपचद्वारगी कमरचद्वारगी पर लगद्वायमे गयमे ददोनदो आदोप पचररतययः धसद्ध एविचूं अपचद्वारगी कमरचद्वारगी सत न्यद्वायद्वालय दद्वारद्वा सजद्वा पद्वा चचुकद्वा हह , ऐसगी ससस्थिवत मम जद्वायद्वाबगी हदोनमे कमे कद्वारर तस्थिद्वा कमरचद्वारगी आचरर वनयमद्वाविलगी कमे वविपरगीत कद्वायर करनमे कमे फलसविरूप अपचरद्वागी कदो समेविद्वा मम बनद्वायमे रखनद्वा न्यद्वाय सचूंगत नहगी हह अतएवि धजलद्वा शद्वासककीय अधधविकद्वा भभौजदद्वारगी कमे अवभमत तस्थिद्वा शद्वासनद्वादमेश वदनद्वाचूंक 12.10.1979 कमे आलदोक मम तत्कद्वालगीन धजलद्वाधधकद्वारगी दद्वारद्वा पद्वाररत आदमेश वदनद्वाचूंक 21.7.1987 कदो विद्वापस लमेतमे हहयमे अपचद्वारगी कमरचद्वारगी शगी महमेन्द्र नद्वास्थि धसचूंह वनलसम्बत सचूंग्रह अमगीन तहसगील सदर कदो सचूंग्रह अमगीन पद समे पदच्यचुत वकयद्वा जद्वातद्वा हह। यह आदमेश अपचद्वारगी कमरचद्वारगी दद्वारद्वा मद्वा० उच्च न्यद्वायद्वालय मम दद्वायर अपगील कमे वनररय समे आच्छद्वावदत हदोगद्वा।" 3. Learned counsel for the petitioners contended that in the criminal appeal filed before this Court being Criminal Appeal No.2134 of 1986, the charged employee stood acquitted vide judgment and order dated 07.01.2025. Relevant portion of the order passed in criminal appeal is reproduced hereunder: "10. The appeal accordingly stands allowed. The impugned judgment and order of the trial court dated 07.08.1986 convicting and sentencing the appellant is hereby set aside and the appellant is acquitted of the charges levelled against him. The accused-appellant Rajpal is on bail. His personal bond is cancelled and sureties are discharged. 11. Appeal is allowed in above terms. 12. Copy of this judgment be sent to the court concerned for necessary compliance. " 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that unfortunately the husband of the petitioner passed away on 16.11.2020 itself and so he died while the order removing him from service was still there in existence. Thus it is contended now that since the petitioner's husband has stood acquitted, the order of removal from service also should be recalled and the family of the deceased employee should be held entitled to not only the arrears of salary for the period he would have continued in service but also the pensionary benefits and other consequential benefits as well. 5. Learned Standing Counsel for the State submits that the petitioner may be directed to approach the authority concerned who shall take decision in the matter in the light of acquittal granted to the husband of the petitioner no.1 by judgment of this Court. 6. In view of the above, this petition stands disposed of with direction to the petitioner to approach the District Magistrate concerned by writing an application alongwith certified copy of this order and the District Magistrate after due verification of the judgment passed in said criminal appeal will proceed to consider recall of the order dated 10.12.2005 with all consequential benefits to the petitioners. 7. Appropriate decision shall be taken by the competent respondent authority within a period of two months of production of certified copy of this order. Order Date :- 28.4.2025 Deepika Digitally signed by :- DEEPIKA SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad