WRIT - A No. 9438 of 2025 at Allahabad

AFR Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:112760 Court No. - 52 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 9438 of 2025 Petitioner :- Atul Kumar Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Hridaya Narain Singh Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Sanjay Kumar Singh Hon'ble Mrs. Manju Rani Chauhan,J. 1. The petitioner, a dependent of an Assistant Teacher who died in- harness, has preferred instant writ petition challenging an order dated 30 th May, 2025 passed by the third respondent1, whereby claim for appointment on compassionate ground has been denied on the ground that his candidature does not fulfil the requirements as enshrined under the Uttar Padesh Recruitment of Dependents of Government Servants Dying in Harness Rules, 1974. 2. Facts of the case are that petitioner’s mother late Savitri Devi was working as an Assistant Teacher in a Junior High School, Barauli, Block Nagra, District Ballia. She died-in harness on 06th July, 2020. The petitioner moved a representation before the third respondent on 29 th September, 2021 for his appointment on compassionate ground on the post of peon, however, it failed to elicit any response. Aggrieved thereby, the petitioner preferred a writ petiti