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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
AJIT KUMAR, SWARUPAMA CHATURVEDI
Pramod Kumar – Appellant
Versus
State Of U.P. – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Swarupama Chaturvedi, J.
1. Heard Sri Shams Uz Zaman, learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel for the State respondents.
2. This writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India has been filed by the petitioner seeking issuance of an appropriate writ, or direction in the nature of certiorari quashing the impugned order dated 24.06.2022 passed by the respondent no. 3, Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Bidhuna, District Auraiya, whereby the claim of the petitioner under the 'Mukhyamantri Krishak Durghatna Kalyan Yojana' has been rejected, and further praying for a direction in the nature of mandamus to the respondent no. 2 to forthwith process and grant the admissible financial assistance/compensation to the petitioner under the aforesaid scheme along with statutory interest.
3. Brief facts of the case are that on 21.02.2022, the father of the petitioner, namely Late Ajay Kumar Singh met with a tragic accident near Rambharna Railway Track and died on the spot after being hit by a moving train, resulting in multiple grievous injuries. The incident was duly reported to the local police and the concerned railway authorities.
4. It is a
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