WRIT - A No. 268 of 2026 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - A No. - 268 of 2026 Smt. Uma Rani .....Petitioner(s) Versus Union Of India And 2 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Ashutosh Kumar Pandey Counsel for Respondent(s) : Surendra Kumar Shukla, A.S.G.I., Akhilesh Kumar Mishra Court No. - 33 HON'BLE VIKAS BUDHWAR, J. 1. Heard Sri Ashutosh Kumar Pandey, learned counsel for the writ petitioner and Sri Akhilesh Kumar Mishra, learned counsel for the respondents. 2. The case of the writ petitioner is that the husband of the writ petitioner late Hirendra Kumar was an employee in the Indian Postal Department who had taken a Postal Endowment Assurance Policy. In the nominee column, he has named Smt. Nand Rani, the mother of the deceased. At the time of death of late Hirendra, he was not married, however, the writ petitioner solemnized marriage with the deceased. According to the writ petitioner, post death of her husband, the writ petitioner is entitled to the said benefit. 3. Prayer in the present petition is for a direction to accord the said benefit. 4. Today, when the matter has been taken up, Sri Mishra who appears for the respondents has sought to argue that a succession certi