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IN THE HIGH COURT OF ALLAHABAD, LUCKNOW BENCH
ARUN KUMAR SINGH DESHWAL
Reena Devi Patel – Appellant
Versus
State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Food Civil Supply Deptt. – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
ARUN KUMAR SINGH DESHWAL, J.
1. Heard Shri Daya Shankar Yadav, learned counsel for the petitioner and Shri Badrish Kumar Tripathi, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel for the State-respondents and perused the record.
2. Present petition has been filed, inter-alia, for the following relief :
"1) to issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of certiorari thereby quashing the impugned order dated 21.01.2026 passed by opposite party no. 4, as contained Annexure No. 1 to the writ petition.
(ii) to issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding the opposite party no. 4 to appoint the petitioner under compassionate ground, as Fair Price Shop dealer in Village Panchayat Chalakpur Kurmiyan, Block-Baba Belkharnath Dham, Tehsil-Raniganj, District-Pratapgarh."
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner’s father, Raj Bahadur Patel, was allotted a fair price shop dealership in Gram Panchayat Chalakpur Kurmiyan, Block Baba Belkharnath Dham, Tehsil Raniganj, District Pratapgarh, who died on 02.11.2025, whereafter the petitioner, being his daughter and dependent, submitted an application dated 30.12.2025 seeking allotment of the said f
The court emphasized the importance of fulfilling the essential conditions for appointment as per the relevant government orders and upheld the non-discriminatory nature of the definition of 'family'....
(1) Fair Price Shop Dealership – Exclusion of a married daughter from definition of “family” cannot be sustained – Marital status cannot constitute a valid ground for denying benefit of a welfare mea....
Categorical admission made in the pleadings cannot be permitted to be withdrawn by way of an amendment.
The definition of 'family' for compassionate appointment under the Government Order does not include grandsons, and the government's policy in this regard is reasonable and lawful.
Point of law : The definition of 'family' includes wife or husband; sons; unmarried and widowed daughters; and if the deceased was an unmarried government servant, the brother, unmarried sister and w....
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