WRIT - C No. 12145 of 2026 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - C No. - 12145 of 2026 Kusum Kumari .....Petitioner(s) Versus State Of U.P. And 2 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Durga Kumari, Praveen Kumar Singh Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C. Court No. - 40 HON'BLE SARAL SRIVASTAVA, J. HON'BLE GARIMA PRASHAD, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. R.K. Pal, learned Standing Counsel for the respondents. 2. The petitioner, by means of the present writ petition, has prayed for the following relief:- "1. To issue writ, order or direction in the nature of certiorari quashing impugned order dated 22.4.2022 passed by the District Magistrate Prayagraj (Annexure No.1) to the writ petition. 2. Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus to provide the compensation under the Scheme of Mukhyamantri Durghatana Kalyan Yojana on his application 15.12.2021 Annexure No.4 to the writ petition…" 3. By the impugned order dated 22.5.2022, the claim of the petitioner for grant of compensation under the Mukhyamantri Durghatana Kalyan Yojana (hereinafter referred to as "the Scheme") on account of the death of her husband, Shera, has been rejected on the ground that the