Rakesh Kumar v. Distt. Magistrate / Collector Ambedkar Nagar and 4 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Recovery of wages; Payment of Wages Act, 1936; order dated 27.03.2024 of prescribed authority; writ petition WRIT-C No. 11737 of 2025 against District Magistrate/Collector, Ambedkar Nagar; death of respondent no.4 on 03.09.2025; attachment of properties during lifetime; impossibility of continuing proceedings against a dead person; possible action against legal heirs if permissible in law; petition disposed of by Subhash Vidyarthi, J. on December 3, 2025; State represented by C.S.C. and Mohan Shukla, Additional Chief Standing Counsel; petitioner's counsel Ravindra Kumar Yadav, Ajeet Singh, Amit Ranjan Gautam, Imran Ul Aziz.
What did the court decide?
Taking into consideration the statement of the learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel regarding the death of respondent no.4 and the possibility of action against his legal heirs, the writ petition is disposed of; the Court itself issued no recovery direction and expressed no view on action against the legal heirs, leaving that to law.