Ajay Kumar vs State Of U.P. - 2026 Supreme(All) 473

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2026 Supreme(All) 473

Ajay Kumar – Appellant
Versus
State Of U.P. – Respondent

JUDGMENT :

1. Heard Sri Neeraj Shukla, learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri Suresh Kumar Maurya, learned counsel for the respondent No.- 3 and Sri P.K. Shahi, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel for the State respondents.

2. By means of this petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution, petitioner has questioned the validity of the order dated 4th September, 2023 passed by the District Magistrate, Firozabad, whereby claim of the petitioner for ex gracia compensation for his wife dying of covid- 19 has come to be rejected.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the respondents has manifestly erred in rejecting the claim of the petitioner for ex gracia compensation for the reasons that the Government order in that regard has not been correctly interpreted to hold that the petitioner's wife did not dye of covid- 19. It is contended by learned counsel for the petitioner that petitioner's wife was working as Assistant Teacher in a basic school while she was allotted election duty on 7th April, 2021 while going for duty she suffered Covid-19 and ultimately when her condition worsen she was taken to the hospital on 27th April, 2021 but she could not survive