Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:119151-DB Court No. - 21 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 23518 of 2025 Petitioner :- Smt. Nirmala Devi Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- R S Dubey,Savita Dubey Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Manoj Kumar Gupta,J. Hon'ble Ram Manohar Narayan Mishra,J. 1. The petitioner appears to have made a claim for payment of ex- gratia amount as compensation under Mukhyamantri Krishak Durghatna Yojana, on account of death her husband in a road accident on 17.04.2021. The case of the petitioner is that after one month she was called by some employee in the office of respondent No.2, and he succeeded in extracting Rs.30,000/- from the petitioner as bribe. It appears that petitioner made a complaint in this regard to the authorities and whereupon an inquiry is being held. However, the claim of the petitioner for ex-gratia payment has also got delayed. 2. Hence, the instant petition seeking a direction to the respondents to sanction ex-gratia amount. 3. Having regard to the nature of grievance, we direct respondent No.2 to conclude the inquiry initiated by him on the complaint made by the petitioner regarding illegal gratification. We further direct respondent No.3 to take appropriate decision on the application of the petitioner for payment of compensation under the Mukhyamantri Krishak Durghatna Yojana without waiting for the out come of the inquiry which is being held by the respondent No.2 on the complaint of the petitioner. 4. The writ petition stands disposed of, accordingly. Order Date :- 22.7.2025 Ashish/- (R.M.N.Mishra, J.) (Manoj Kumar Gupta, J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHISH KUMAR SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad