WRIT - A No. 278 of 2026 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - A No. - 278 of 2026 Krishnanand Sharma .....Petitioner(s) Versus State Of Up And 4 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Santosh Kumar Singh Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C. Court No. - 33 HON'BLE VIKAS BUDHWAR, J. 1. Heard Sri Santosh Kumar Singh, learned counsel for the writ petitioner and Sri Pramod Kumar Srivastava, learned Addl. Chief Standing Counsel for the State. 2. A statement has been made by Sri P.K. Srivastava, learned Addl. Chief Standing Counsel that he is well equipped with the instructions and is in a position to argue the case. He does not propose to file any counter affidavit and he further submits that the writ petition be decided on the basis of the documents available on record. 3. With the consent of the parties, the writ petition is being decided at the fresh stage. 4. The case of the writ petitioner is that his father namely Late Feko Sharma, who was posted as Boring Technician, who passed away in the year 1988 during his service period. The writ petitioner was accorded compassionate appointment on 26.12.1990 and he joined in the office of the Executive Engineer, Miner Irrigation Division, Mahara