WRIT - C No. 14954 of 2026 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - C No. - 14954 of 2026 Lalmanti Devi And 3 Others .....Petitioner(s) Versus Union of India .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Mukti Nath Pandey, Pashupati Nath Pandey Counsel for Respondent(s) : A.S.G.I., Tapeshwari Prasad Court No. - 7 HON'BLE PIYUSH AGRAWAL, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the respondent. 2. The solitary grievance of the petitioner is that only 10 % amount of the award has been directed to be released in favour of the claimant/petitioner by the impugned award of the Railway Accident Claims Tribunal dated 30.1.2026, which is inequitable, unjust and grossly inadequate. It defeats the purpose of award of compensation for death caused to the husband of petitioner no.1 and father of petitioner nos. 2, 3 and 4 in a railway accident. 3. A perusal of the record reveals that in a railway accident occurred on 18.6.2015 of deceased Virendra Yadav suffered fatal injuries and died. Arising therefrom, the petitioner instituted a claim petition in which the Tribunal has awarded Rs. 8,00,000/- to the petitioners. 4. The Tribunal has provided for release of Rs. 80,000/- to the petitione