WRIT - A No. 6617 of 2025 at Allahabad

AFR Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:111587 Court No. - 50 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 6617 of 2025 Petitioner :- Smt. Babita Kumari Alias Babita Devi Respondent :- Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Limited And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Praveen Kumar Srivastava Counsel for Respondent :- Shad Khan,Shishir Prakash Hon'ble Ajay Bhanot,J. 1. Heard Shri Praveen Kumar Srivastava, learned counsel for the petitioner and Shri Shad Khan, learned counsel for the respondent. 2. By the impugned order dated 22.04.2025, the claim of the petitioner for grant of appointment on compassionate grounds on Class IV post has been rejected. 3. The impugned order dated 22.04.2025 finds that the resolution of the Board and the office memorandum of 16.07.2024 bars compassionate appointments on Class IV posts, and confines such appointments to Class III posts only. As per the aforesaid circular/OM dated 16.07.2024 the said policy of barring appointments on Class IV posts shall be applicable to the pending applications as well. The impugned order records that the application of the petitioner for appointment on compassionate ground was submitted prior to the aforesaid office memorandum dated 16.07.20