MATTERS UNDER ARTICLE 227 No. 9547 of 2019 at Lucknow

1 AFR Neutral Citation No. 2025:AHC-LKO:28252 Court No. - 6 Case :- MATTERS UNDER ARTICLE 227 No. - 9547 of 2019 Petitioner :- Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Ltd. Thru. Chairman/M.D. Andan Respondent :- Sunita Verma And Ors. Counsel for Petitioner :- Vashu Deo Mishra,Abhinav Singh Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Madhulika Yadav Hon'ble Pankaj Bhatia,J. 1. Heard Shri Abhinav Singh, learned counsel for the petitioners and Ms. Madhulika Yadav, learned counsel for the respondents. 2. This is a very sad case in which a public utility service has approached this Court and is arguing in a manner which does not bear well for the public welfare for which the petitioner was established. 3. Present petition has been filed challenging the award dated 11.10.2018 whereby the Permanent Lok Adalat has awarded a sum of Rs.13,15,000/-. 4. The respondents herein who are the claimants had moved an application alleging that the husband of respondent no.1 was working as a contractual employee with the corporation (petitioners herein) and died while repairing a transformer. It was stated that the husband was working at the time of his death and was aged about 35 years and was drawing a remuneration of