HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD Smt Sarita .....Petitioner(s)

Versus State of U.P. and Another .....Respondent(s)

Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Ashwani Kumar Gupta, Om Prakash Gupta Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C.

Court No. - 40 HON'BLE SARAL SRIVASTAVA, J.

HON'BLE GARIMA PRASHAD, J.

1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Arvind Singh, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel for respondent Nos.

1 and 2.

2. By means of present petition, the petitioner has assailed the order dated 14.11.2025 passed by the District Magistrate, Varanasi, by which he has rejected the claim of the petitioner for grant of compensation under the scheme of Mukhya Mantri Krishak Durghatna Kalyan Yojna.

3. It is contended by learned counsel for the petitioner that the impugned order is bad and has been passed without application of mind. The order refers to the report of District Level Committee but this report was never supplied to the petitioner. It is further contended that the impugned order has been passed without any notice or by affording any opportunity of hearing and without supplying the same. It is submitted that under the aforesaid scheme the petitioner is entitled to compensation of