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Ashok Kumar Vishwakarma v. State of U.P. and 4 Others

Allahabad HC10 Mar 2025WRIC/41336/2024

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What is this about?

Death certificate issuance; District Magistrate Varanasi directed to redress grievances at local level; citizen need not approach High Court for death certificate; Online application overlooked by inadvertence; certificate issued 27.02.2025 after Standing Counsel instructed; writ petition disposed 11.03.2025; Allahabad High Court WRIT - C No. 41336 of 2024; bench of Ashwani Kumar Mishra and Donadi Ramesh JJ.; interim order dated 27.02.2025.

What did the court decide?

Writ petition disposed of after the death certificate was issued to the petitioner on 27.02.2025; District Magistrate, Varanasi directed to examine the issue and ensure that such grievances are redressed at the local level itself. ¶13

Ashok Kumar Vishwakarma Vs State of U.P. and 4 Others — Allahabad HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

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Issue for consideration

Whether relief was warranted for non-issuance of the petitioner's death certificate despite the application having been made Online. +1 more

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Court's answer

On instructions obtained from the authorities through learned State Counsel, the Court recorded that the death certificate was issued to the petitioner on 27.02.2025, the earlier omission being attributed to inadvertence as the application was made Online.

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Ratio / Principle

The Court held that such matters should not come to the High Court and that it is for the district authorities to ensure that grievances relating to issuance of death certificates are redressed at the local level itself.

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Key takeaways

The Court directed the District Magistrate, Varanasi to examine the issue and ensure that such grievances are appropriately redressed at the local level, there being no requirement for a common citizen to come to the High Court for such purposes.ratio¶12

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Allahabad High Court, Division Bench (Ashwani Kumar Mishra and Donadi Ramesh, JJ.), disposed of WRIT - C No. 41336 of 2024 (Ashok Kumar Vishwakarma v. State of U.P. and others) on 11.3.2025. Pursuant to instructions obtained by learned State Counsel, the petitioner's death certificate was issued on 27.02.2025, the earlier lapse being explained as inadvertence since the application was made Online and went unnoticed. Observing that it is unfortunate that people have to file writ petitions even to obtain a copy of the death certificate, and that such matters should be redressed by the district authorities at the local level itself, the Court directed the District Magistrate, Varanasi to examine the issue and ensure such grievances are appropriately redressed locally, so that a common citizen is not required to approach the High Court for such purposes.

Ashok Kumar Vishwakarma v. State of U.P. and 4 Others

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