# Dhatri Saran Mathur

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**Dhatri Saran Mathur** ([Devanagari](/source/Devanagari): धातृ शरण माथुर), [I.C.S](/source/Indian_Civil_Service_(British_India)).,[1] (born 13 November 1912) was the former [Chief Justice](/source/Chief_Justice) of the [Allahabad High Court](/source/Allahabad_High_Court).[2]

## Career

Mathur studied in Government Intermediate College of [Etawah](/source/Etawah), [Agra University](/source/Agra_university), [Thomason Civil Engineering College](/source/Thomason_Civil_Engineering_College) of [Roorkee](/source/Roorkee) and [Balliol College, Oxford](/source/Balliol_College%2C_Oxford). He passed [Indian Civil Service](/source/Indian_Civil_Service) on 16 September 1936 and joined in the post of Assistant Magistrate and Collector in the state of [Uttar Pradesh](/source/Uttar_Pradesh) under the British Government. In 1944 he became District and Sessions Judge. Since 17 August 1955 to 31 October 1956 he served as Judicial Commissioner of [Bhopal](/source/Bhopal_State). He was appointed Additional Judge of the [Allahabad High Court](/source/Allahabad_High_Court) in 1959. Justice Mathur was elevated in the post of Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court on 6 November 1973. He retired from the post on 13 November 1974.[3]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Bhatnagar, Arun (24 December 2015). ["The other face of the ICS"](https://bureaucracytoday.com/latestnews.aspx?id=130474). Bureaucracy Today. Retrieved 7 June 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Shanti Bhushan (17 December 2008). [*Courting Destiny: A Memoir*](https://books.google.com/books?id=qx1wDQAAQBAJ&q=Justice+D+S+Mathur&pg=PT418). Penguin UK. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9789385990533](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9789385990533). Retrieved 24 November 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["HON'BLE MR. DHATRI SARAN MATHUR"](https://www.allahabadhighcourt.in/Judges/ex-judges/DSMathur.htm). *allahabadhighcourt.in*. Retrieved 24 November 2018.

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