SUSHMA DEVI Vs. STATE OF U.P.

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Heard Shri Sudhir Kumar (Chandraul), learned counsel for the petitioner and Shri Devesh Vikram, learned Standing Counsel for State respondents.

(2.) The petitioner is before this Court with request to issue direction commanding the respondent authorities to pay the amount of death gratuity of her husband within stipulated time with 18% interest.

(3.) At the very outset, learned counsel for the petitioner apprises to the Court that the controversy in hand is squarely covered by the judgment of this Court dated 7.11.2019 in Writ-A No.17399 of 2019 (Usha Rani v. State of U.P. and Ors.) and as such similar indulgence may also be accorded in this writ petition also. For ready reference, the operative portion of the judgment dated 7.11.2019 is quoted as under:-