WRIT - A No. 2878 of 2004 at Lucknow

A.F.R. Reserved on : 30.10.2025 Delivered on : 15.11.2025 HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW WRIT - A No. - 2878 of 2004 Archana Gautam …..Petitioners(s) Versus State of U.P.Through Secy. Basic Education …..Respondents(s) Civil Sectt. Lko. Counsel for Petitioners(s) : B.N.Pandey, Arun K Shukla Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., Pradeep Tiwari, Ran Vijay Singh, V.K.Bajpai Court No. - 25 HON'BLE AMITABH KUMAR RAI, J. 1. Heard Shri Arun Kumar Shukla, learned counsel for the petitioner, Shri Badrish Tripathi, learned Standing Counsel for the State- respondent Nos.1, 3, Shri Pradeep Tiwari, learned counsel for respondent No.2 and Shri Ran Vijay Singh, learned counsel for the respondent No.4. 2. The present writ petition has been filed seeking relief for issuance of writ of mandamus directing respondents to appoint petitioner on a suitable post according to her qualification under the Uttar 2 WRIT - A No. - 2878 of 2004 Pradesh Recruitment of Dependents of Government Servants Dying in Harness Rules, 1974 (hereinafter referred to as “Rules, 1974”) on compassionate grounds. 3. The facts which emerge from the record are that the father of the petitioner, namely, late Mahadeo Pra