WRIT - C No. 10463 of 2026 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - C No. - 10463 of 2026 Chinkan And Another .....Petitioner(s) Versus Union Of India And Another .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Ashok Kumar Singh, Gaurav Singh Counsel for Respondent(s) : A.S.G.I., Anita Srivastava Court No. - 5 HON'BLE MANISH KUMAR NIGAM, J. 1. Heard Sri Ashok Kumar Singh, learned counsel for the petitioners, Sri Anita Srivastava, learned counsel for the respondent and perused the record. 2. The solitary grievance of the petitioners is that the amount of Rs. 80,000/- has been directed to be released in favour of the claimant/petitioners by the impugned award of the Railway Accident Claims Tribunal dated 30.05.2024 is inequitable, unjust and grossly inadequate. It defeats the purpose of award of compensation for death caused to the son of the present petitioners in a railway accident. 3. A perusal of the record reveals that in a railway accident occurred on 03.06.2010, Chaturdarshi, son of the petitioners suffered fatal injuries and died. Arising therefrom, the petitioners instituted a claim petition on 18.04.2011. It has been decided on 30.05.2024, almost fourteen years after the occurrence of the accident