WRIT - A No. 6273 of 2025 at Allahabad

AFR Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:80433 Court No. - 4 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 6273 of 2025 Petitioner :- Prince Yadav Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Abhishek Singh,Shashi Bhushan Rai Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Ajit Kumar,J. 1. Heard Shri Shashi Bhushan Rai, learned counsel for petitioner and learned Standing Counsel. 2. By means of this petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution petitioner has challenged the order dated 03.01.2025 whereby he has been directed to furnish succession certificate so as to set up a valid claim for compassionate appointment. 3. Learned counsel for petitioner submits that in the matter of compassionate appointment succession certificate is not mandatorily required as has come to be held in the judgment of a Co-ordinate Bench of this Court in Shakeel Khan v. State of U.P. and three others Writ A No. 7454 of 2020 disposed of on 12.10.2020. 4. Meeting the above submissions, learned Standing Counsel Shri Rahul Malviya submits that the judgment would be applicable only in those cases where there is uncontested case and not in the cases where rival claims are set up. It is contended that in the presen