Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:91262 Court No. - 5 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 7707 of 2025 Petitioner :- Vinay Patel Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Amit Dubey Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Suresh Singh Hon'ble Ajay Bhanot,J. Shri Amit Dubey, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is the son and legal heir of the deceased-employee. He has claimed the terminal dues/other service benefits of the deceased employee. According to the petitioner the said amounts have not been disbursed to the petitioner and his claim is still pending. Shri Sanjay Kumar Om, learned counsel for the respondents No.2 to 5 submits that in the absence of nomination a succession certificate or an order from the competent court attesting the entitlement of the petitioner will be needed to process his claim for the said amounts. In wake of the preceding submissions, without going into the merits and in the interest of justice the writ petition is disposed of with the following directions: 1. The respondent authorities shall ascertain as to whether the petitioner was nominated as a nominee in the service book of the deceased-employee, if answer is affirmative, the respondents-authorities shall disburse the dues to the petitioner after confirmation of the identity and noticing all the legal heirs. 2. In case the nomination is not available, the petitioner shall submit a succession certificate or any other lawful document of succession before the respondents- authorities. Upon receipt of the succession certificate the respondents-authorities shall forthwith process the claim of the petitioner to the entitlements of the petitioner. 3. The respondent No.2-Managing Director, U.P. Jal Nigam (Rural), Lucknow shall ensure that appropriate procedures are framed for processing of the dues of the deceased-employees and disbursed to their legal heirs. This may include the requirement of submitting the succession certificate in appropriate cases. With the aforesaid directions, the writ petition is finally disposed of. Order Date :- 28.5.2025 Ashish Tripathi Digitally signed by :- ASHISH NAYAN TRIPATHI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad