WRIT - A No. 223 of 2026 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - A No. - 223 of 2026 Dev Verma .....Petitioner(s) Versus State Of U.P. And 2 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Siddharth Khare, Sr. Advocate Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C. Court No. - 33 HON'BLE VIKAS BUDHWAR, J. 1. Sri Siddharth Khare, learned counsel for the writ petitioner and Sri Awadhesh Kumar Shukla, learned Standing Counsel for the State. 2. The case of the writ petitioner is that the father of the writ petitioner namely Pradeep Kumar was working as a Village Development Officer, who expired on 25.10.2013. Since the date of birth of the writ petitioner was 17.03.2003, so the writ petitioner attained majority in the year 2021 and thereafter he staked his claim for compassionate appointment. The Director, Panchayat Raj has forwarded a communication on 21.03.2023 to the Special Secretary, Panchayat Raj for relaxation in terms of the provisions contained under U.P. Dying in Harness Rules, 1974. 3. Learned counsel for the writ petitioner submits that there is no occasion for the respondents to send the file to the State Government for relaxation, particularly when the intervening circumstances itself show that th