HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - A No. - 13892 of 2025 Court No. - 5 HON'BLE SAURABH SHYAM SHAMSHERY, J. 1. Heard Sri Anil Kumar Pathak, learned counsel for petitioner and Sri Siddharth Bakashi, Advocate holding brief of Sri Abhinav Krishna Srivastava, Advocate for Respondents-2 and 3. 2. Petitioner has claimed that she is wife of deceased employee though learned counsel for petitioner has not disputed that earlier there were some dispute between husband and wife, however, later on it was settled. Learned counsel further submits that petitioner's application for compassionate appointment be considered in accordance with law. 3. Learned counsel for respondents by referring a communication dated 20.09.2024 submits that since there is a dispute amongst family members of petitioner, therefore, her claim is still under consideration. 4. In aforesaid circumstances, this writ petition is disposed of that petitioner shall come up with specific case that she was dependent and living as wife during life time of her deceased husband and in case of any rival claim, it is upto the respondents to decide it in accordance with law, if they have jurisdiction to decide the issue at their level. While deciding the claim of petitioner respondents will also take note of judgments passed by Supreme Court in Bank of Baroda and others vs. Baljit Singh, 2023 SCC OnLine SC 745 and Malaya Nanda Sethy v/s State of Orissa and Ors., 2022 SCC OnLine SC 684. September 17, 2025 AK Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Anil Kumar Pathak, Chandra Pratap Singh Counsel for Respondent(s) : Abhinava Krishna Srivastava, C.S.C. (Saurabh Shyam Shamshery,J.) Jyoti .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. And 3 Others .....Respondent(s) Digitally signed by :- AWADESH KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad