Rameshwar @ Ravi Kumar v. Officer Incharge / Accounts Drawing and Distribution Officer, District Court, Sitapur and Another
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench (Abdul Moin, J.) – WRIT
Case brief
What is this about?
Compassionate appointment; class IV post; District Court Sitapur; father died in harness 17.05.2015; writ of mandamus; fresh representation before District Judge, Sitapur; reasoned and speaking order; six-week timeline; disposed of with consent of parties; merits expressly left open. Single-judge bench: Hon'ble Abdul Moin, J. Counsel: Hari Om Rana and Santosh Kumar Tripathi (petitioner); Gaurav Mehrotra and Vijay Dixit (respondents). Neutral citation 2024:AHC-LKO:26943; order date 2.4.2024.
What did the court decide?
Petitioner permitted (with consent of the contesting parties) to submit a fresh representation before respondent no.2, the District Judge, Sitapur, within two weeks; respondent no.2 to decide it by a reasoned and speaking order in accordance with law and the relevant rules within a further six weeks; the Court did not examine the merits.