Kalyan Das v. State of U.P. and Another
Case brief
What is this about?
Writ petition (WRIT - A No. 1232 of 2025, Allahabad High Court, decided 11.2.2025, Ajay Bhanot, J.) dismissed on the ground of delay and laches where the petitioner approached the Court nearly two decades after his mother's death in 2006, with no explanation for the delay; compassionate appointment already granted to the son of the deceased employee and provident fund admittedly disbursed; other dues untraceable due to weeding out of old records. Keywords: delay and laches; compassionate appointment; provident fund; deceased employee; limitation; writ dismissed. No statute or precedent cited.
What did the court decide?
The petition is barred by delay and laches, as the petitioner approached the Court after a delay of almost two decades with no explanation for the delay; the writ petition is accordingly dismissed. ¶7