WRIT - A No. 14910 of 2025 at Lucknow

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW WRIT - A No. - 14910 of 2025 Ache Lal .....Petitioner(s) Versus State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Public Works Deptt. Lko. And 3 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Aadya Antya, Vedant Srivastava, Virendra Prasad Srivastava Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C. A.F.R. Court No. - 7 HON'BLE MANISH MATHUR, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for petitioner and learned State Counsel for opposite party Nos.1, 2 & 3. 2. In view of order being passed, notice to opposite party No.4 stands dispensed with. 3. Petition has been filed challenging order dated 18.11.2025 whereby petitioner's application for compassionate appointment in terms of U.P. Recruitment of Dependents of Government Servants Dying-in-Harness Rules, 1974 [here-in-after referred to as 'Rules of 1974'] has been rejected on the ground that it is impossible to ascertain heirship in view of a registered Will in favour of petitioner. 4. Learned counsel for petitioner submits that he is the brother of deceased-Ranjeet Kumar who passed away in harness on 27.09.2025. It is submitted that although opposite party No.4, Smt. Aruna Devi is the wife of deceased, but had a strained