WRIT - A No. 9332 of 2023 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD A.F.R. WRIT - A No. - 9332 of 2023 Shivam Sonkar and another …..Petitioners Versus State of U.P. and others …..Respondents Counsel for Petitioners : Mr. Jai Shankar Pandey, Advocate Counsel for Respondents : Mr. Rajesh Kumar Tiwari, Addl. Chief Standing Counsel for respondent No.1 Mr. R. M. Saggi, Advocate for respondent Nos. 2, 3 and 4 Mr. Akhilesh Kumar Ojha, Advocate for respondent Nos.5 and 6 Court No. - 49 HON'BLE J.J. MUNIR, J. 1. This writ petition is directed against an order of the General Manager, Water Works Department, Nagar Nigam, Kanpur dated 11.04.2023, rejecting the first petitioner’s claim for compassionate appointment. So far as petitioner No.2 is concerned, she seeks a mandamus commanding the General Manager, Water Works Department, Kanpur Nagar Nigam to pay her post retiral benefits on account of her husband’s services, including gratuity, provident fund, as also family pension, together with interest accrued on sums of money due under different heads. 2. It is not in dispute that Kripa Shankar, the first petitioner’s father and the second petitioner’s husband, was employed as a Beldar in the Water Works Department (for shor