Badri Prasad Mishra v. State of U.P. and 4 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Allahabad High Court writ petition (WRIT - A No. - 3781 of 2025; Neutral Citation No. 2025:AHC:43661), single-author order by Justice Ajit Kumar dated 26.3.2025. Subject: compassionate appointment for death-in-harness of petitioner's father (died 17.06.2023); Article 226 direction to respondent no.2 (State of U.P. and others) to decide the pending application dated 04.07.2023 within two months of certified copy of the order, and to offer suitable compassionate appointment within six weeks if the claim is genuine. Keywords: compassionate appointment, dying-in-harness, succession certificate, competent authority, disposed of, time-bound direction.
What did the court decide?
Petition disposed of with directions to respondent no.2 to look into and consider the petitioner's claim for compassionate appointment strictly in accordance with law and decide the same within two months of production of certified copy of the order; in the event the claim is found rightful and genuine, suitable appointment on compassionate basis to be offered within six weeks of that decision.