Court No. - 2
Case :- WRIT - A No. - 9159 of 2019 Petitioner :- Pramod Kumar Respondent :- State Of U P And Another Counsel for Petitioner :- Kailash Prakash Pandey Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.
Hon'ble Suneet Kumar,J.
Heard learned counsel for the parties.
Petitioner, son of the ex-employee, who died in harness on 23 April 2018. By the instant writ petition, petitioner seeks the following relief:
"issue, a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus directing the authorities to consider the claim of the petitioner under the provisions of Dying-in-Harness Rules, 1974 on compassionate ground and to appoint the petitioner on the post of Class-IV."
Learned Standing Counsel submits that the second respondent shall consider and decide the claim of the petitioner expeditiously.
In regard thereto, without entering into the merit of the case, as well as, rival contentions raised by the respective parties, it is provided that the second respondent, Chief Medical Officer, Moradabad, shall consider and decide the claim/representation of the petitioner, by a reasoned and speaking order, expeditiously, preferably, within three months from the date of filing of certified copy of this order along with the copy of the writ petition.
With the aforementioned observations/directions, the writ petition stands disposed of.
Order Date :- 30.5.2019 S.Prakash