WRIT - C No. 10555 of 2026 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - C No. - 10555 of 2026 Smt. Shivkaliya Devi .....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. Court No. - 5 HON'BLE MANISH KUMAR NIGAM, J. 1. Heard Sri Ashok Kumar Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Central Government Counsel for the respondent no. 1 and perused the record. 2. The solitary grievance of the petitioner is that only Rs. 80,000/- of the amount has been directed to be released in favour of the claimant/petitioner by the impugned award of the Railway Accident Claims Tribunal dated 01.01.2026 is inequitable, unjust and grossly inadequate. It defeats the purpose of award of compensation for death caused to the son of the petitioner in a railway accident. 3. A perusal of the record reveals that in a railway accident occurred on 01.06.2022, Govind Nishad, son of petitioner suffered fatal injuries and died on the spot. Arising therefrom, the petitioners instituted a claim petition on 24.06.2022 which has been decided on 01.01.2026, almost four years after the occurrence of the accident. Even then, by