Abha Pande v. State of U.P. Thru. Its Secy. Deptt. of Food and Supply Govt. Lko. and 4 Others

Court No. - 20 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 8150 of 2023 Petitioner :- Abha Pande Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Its Secy. Deptt. Of Food And Supply Govt. Lko. And 4 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Sapna Srivastava Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Manish Mathur,J.

¶1Heard learned counsel for petitioner and learned State Counsel for opposite parties.

¶2Petition has been filed seeking a direction to opposite parties to sanction family pension in favour of petitioner.

¶3It has been submitted that petitioner is mother of the deceased Anurag Pandey who passed away while in service on

21.04.2011 whereafter service and post retiral benefits were paid to petitioner only on 30.03.2016 but family pension is yet not paid to her.

¶4For the said grievance, petitioner has already submitted a representation but seeks liberty to file a fresh representation before the authority concerned. At present, learned counsel for petitioner restricts prayer with regard to final decision on the same.

¶5Considering the innocuous prayer, without entering into merits, liberty is granted to petitioner to file a fresh representation before the concerned authority who shall consider and decide the same within a period of six weeks from the date a certified copy of this order is produced before the said authority along with fresh representation. In case petitioner is found entitled for the aforesaid relief, the actual payment shall be ensured to her within a period of six weeks thereafter. Opposite parties shall also consider grant of interest to petitioner for the delayed payment.

¶6With aforesaid observations and directions, the petition is finally disposed of. Order Date :- 18.10.2023 kvg/- High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench