Hajira Khatoon v. State of U.P Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Deptt. Home Civil Secrt. Lko. and 3 Others

Court No. - 20 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 8084 of 2023 Petitioner :- Hajira Khatoon Respondent :- State Of U.P Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Deptt. Home Civil Secrt. Lko. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Ashish Verma,Pankaj Kumar Dixit 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 for sanctioning family pension to petitioner from the date of death of her father from 01.03.2004 instead of 03.12.2012 since petitioner is the widowed daughter who was totally dependent upon her father late Mohd. Ismail. Further prayer for arrears of family pension with interest for the aforesaid period has also been sought in terms of Government order dated 08.12.2008.

¶3With regard to 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 his prayer for a decision with regard to same.

¶4Considering the innocuous prayer, without entering into merits, liberty is granted to petitioner to file a fresh representation before opposite party no. 3 i.e. Senior Superintendent of Police, Jaunpur who shall consider and decide the same within a period of eight weeks from the date a certified copy of this order is produced before the said authority along with fresh representation.

¶5With aforesaid observations and directions, the petition is finally disposed of. Order Date :- 17.11.2023 Satish High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench