WRIT - A No. 4769 of 2022 at Allahabad

1 Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:12214 Court No. - 49 Reserved A.F.R. Case :- WRIT - A No. - 4769 of 2022 Petitioner :- Anand Kumar Respondent :- State of U.P. and others Counsel for Petitioner :- Rajesh Yadav,Ruchi Mishra Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Jagannath Maurya Hon'ble J.J. Munir,J. 1. The Covid-19 pandemic, that ravaged humanity during the years 2020-21 across the world, is unprecedented for its destruction, death, loss of livelihood, business and many such things in the history of mankind. While it brought on immense tragedy for those who lived on to see another day, the misery was sought to be alleviated by the Government of India and the State Governments, lending a helping hand to support the survivors. Whatever could serve as measures of relief were taken by Governments to bring life back on track for various classes of people. There were certain classes of men and women, according to their profession, who had to work for others by the nature of their calling, even when most others, for the sake of dear life, were virtually confined to their homes due to lock-downs. These classes of persons, who had to still work on for humanity's sake, comprised not only of a cer