State Government claimed to have forwarded all help to Justice RSR Maurya to brought him back safely after he too was stranded with his family members at Badrinath following worst ever calamity hit Uttrakhand claiming thousands of lives.
A official communiqué of the State government through which principal secretary (Home) RM Srivastava claimed that efforts to rescue the Judge and his family members was directly supervised by chief minister Akhilesh Yadav. The release said that chief minister dispatch state plain twice on June 22 to Jollygrant Airport in Dehradun and later at Saharanpur on June 24 to ensure rescue of the Judge but Maurya said that to have took train from Saharanpur and finally reached to his home at Allahabad on Wednesday.
RM Srivastava said here on Wednesday evening that through some judges of lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court, they learnt that Justice RSR Maurya was stranded with his family in Badrinath on June 21 last. He said that as soon as they learnt of the above, chief minister Akhilesh Yadav personally contacted the top officials in Uttarkhand and even the Army and requested to rescue the judge on top priority. Akhilesh Yadav also offered the services of choppers of the government in rescuing the judge. However due to bad condition they failed to do so and even the Army as well as local officials in Uttrakhand gave priority to woman, old age person and children to rescue them first hence delay was made to rescue the judge. He claimed that on last Monday, they once again sent the state plane to Saharanpur with the direction to divisional commissioner that he should ensure safe
passage to judge and his family. He said that in the meantime, Uttrkhand government informed them that Maurya and his family members were safe and that they resting in PWD guest house. later they came to know that he and his family were rescued to Gochar from where he reached Dehradun with the help of personal conveyance.
RM Srivastava said that divisional commissioner of Saharanpur later contacted the Justice and requested him to take state place and
reached to Sultanpur on Tuesday. However judge preferred to go by train and finally on Wednesday afternoon, he reached safely along with his family members.