ROHIT KANAUJIYA v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. / ADDL. CHIEF SECY. MEDICAL AND HEALTH LKO AND 3 OTHERS
Court: Allahabad High Court
Bench: ALOK MATHUR
Judgment date:
Case summary
Allahabad High Court judgment dated 2024-12-18. ROHIT KANAUJIYA v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. / ADDL. CHIEF SECY. MEDICAL AND HEALTH LKO AND 3 OTHERS....
Judgment text
Neutral Citation No. - 2024:AHC-LKO:84858 Court No. - 6 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 12330 of 2024 Petitioner :- Rohit Kanaujiya Respondent :- State Of U. P. Thru. Prin. Secy. / Addl. Chief Secy. Medical And Health Lko And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Arun Kumar Singh Counsel for Respondent :- C. S. C. Hon'ble Alok Mathur,J. 1. Heard Sri Arun Kumar Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Standing Counsel for the respondents. 2. It has been submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that father of petitioner namely Rakesh Kanaujiya who was working on the post of Field Worker in Urban Malaria Unit, Kanpur Nagar, Kanpur died in harness on 18. 04. 2023, the petitioner being legal heir of the deceased Government servant moved an application for compassionate appointment under the U. P. Government Servant Dying-in-Harness Rules, 1974 before respondent no. 4, but the matter is still under consideration and no orders have been passed till date. 3.
Learned Standing Counsel has submitted that the application submitted by the petitioner has already been processed to certain extent where the respondents have verified his educational qualifications, but no final orders have been passed. 4. After arguing the matter up to some length, it is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that grievance of petitioner shall be substantially redressed in case respondent no. 4 considers and decides his application for compassionate appointment expeditiously. 5. Learned Standing Counsel has no objection in case suitable directions are given to respondent no. 4 to consider and decide petitioner's representation. 6. In view of above present writ petition is disposed of with direction to respondent no.
4 - Chief Medical Officer, Kanpur to proceed to consider and decide petitioner's application for grant of compassionate appointment, which is already under active consideration, expeditiously, say within six weeks from the date of production of certified copy of this order, by means of reasoned and speaking order, in accordance with law and communicate the decision to the petitioner. Order Date :- 18. 12. 2024 A. Verma (Alok Mathur, J. ) Digitally signed by :- ANURAG VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench
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