Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:108056 Court No. - 5 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 9026 of 2025 Petitioner :- Muvina Begum Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 4 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Uttar Kumar Goswami Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Manoj Kumar Mishra Hon'ble Saurabh Shyam Shamshery,J. 1.Heard Sri Uttar Kumar Goswami, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Manoj Kumar Mishra, learned counsel for the respondents. 2. Petitioner's husband died in harness wayback in the year 2000 and now she has approached this Court after two and a half decades with a prayer that family pension and gratuity etc. due be paid to her. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner in order to explain the delay in approaching this Court submits that petitioner is an illiterate lady and she has no knowledge about the benefits due to death of her husband. 4. Learned counsel for the respondents on basis of instructions submits that since the petitioner's husband has died about 25 years ago, therefore, he may be allowed sometime to verify the service records of the employee. 5. In the aforesaid circumstances, though the petitioner has approached this Court at a very belated stage, still considering that she is an illiterate lady, this writ petition is disposed of with a direction that grievance of the petitioner be considered strictly in accordance with law. Order Date :- 9.7.2025 SB Digitally signed by :- SANDEEP BHATTACHARYA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad