WRIT - A No. 3515 of 2023 at Allahabad

Reserved A.F.R. HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - A No. - 3515 of 2023 Smt Sheela Dubey …..Petitioner Versus State of U.P. and others …..Respondents Counsel for Petitioner : Aditya Prakash Verma, Shailesh Verma Counsel for Respondents : Chandan Sharma, Vaibhav Dixit, Yashwant Singh In Chamber HON’BLE J.J. MUNIR, J. 1. This writ petition is directed against an order dated 28.01.2023, rejecting the petitioner's claim for grant of family pension. By amendment made to the writ petition under orders of this Court, the petitioner seeks a writ in the nature of certiorari to quash the Uttar Pradesh Palika (Centralized) Services Rules, 1966 (for short, 'the Service Rules of 1966') to the extent that these do not provide similar treatment in the matter of grant of family pension to employees of the Nagar Nigam, Kanpur Nagar, on one hand, and members of the centralized service, on the other. A further writ, order or direction in the nature of certiorari is prayed to quash the amendments made vide Notification dated 11.01.1988 (for short, ‘the Amendment of 1988’), published in the Gazette, to the extent it repeals Regulation 6 of the Kanpur Nagar Mahapalika Employees Pension and Gen