Km. Neha and Another v. State of U.P. Thru. Its Prin. Secy. Secondary Edu. Civil Sectt. Lko. and Others
Writ – Compassionate appointment – Undertaking to maintain unmarried sisters
Case brief
What is this about?
Allahabad High Court, Lucknow Bench (Manish Mathur, J.), WRIT - A No. - 6863 of 2024, decided 28.8.2024; Neutral Citation 2024:AHC-LKO:58238. Unmarried sisters sought salary deduction from their compassionately appointed sibling (opposite party no. 8, Smt. Anuradha Devi) for non-compliance with her undertaking to maintain them. Court found the grievance involved factual aspects, declined to rule on merits, and disposed of the petition with liberty to file a fresh representation before the District Inspector of Schools, to be decided within eight weeks after hearing opposite party no. 8. Keywords: compassionate appointment, undertaking to maintain, salary deduction, maintenance, fresh representation, District Inspector of Schools, opportunity of hearing.
What did the court decide?
Petition disposed of with liberty to file a fresh representation before the District Inspector of Schools (opposite party no. 4), to be decided within eight weeks of production of a certified copy of the order, after hearing opposite party no. 8; notice to opposite parties no. 6 to 8 dispensed with. The substantive prayer for salary deduction was not granted.