WRIT - A No. 3214 of 2026 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - A No. - 3214 of 2026 Devendra Singh .....Petitioner(s) Versus State of U.P. and Another .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Satendra Kumar Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C. Court No. - 33 HON'BLE VIKAS BUDHWAR, J. 1. Heard Sri Satendra Kumar, learned counsel for the writ petitioner and Sri Rahul Malviya, learned Standing Counsel for the State. 2. The case of the writ petitioner is that the father of the writ petitioner namely Rameshwar (since deceased), was a class-IV employee in Public Works Department, who expired on 31.12.2006. The writ petitioner claims to have approached the respondents for grant of compassionate appointment and in this regard, the first request letter came to be preferred on 10.03.2007. However, according to the writ petitioner, the writ petitioner's claim has not been decided. 3. Prayer in the present writ petition is for a direction to the respondents to consider the claim of the writ petitioner for compassionate appointment. 4. Learned Standing Counsel on the other hand submits that whatever might be, the writ petitioner has approached this Court after a period of more than 20 years post death of the