Sarita Devi v. State of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Basic Edu. Lko. and 3 Others

Court No. - 19 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 9342 of 2023 Petitioner :- Sarita Devi Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Basic Edu. Lko. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Aviral Raj Singh,Ankit Kumar Pandey,Ashutosh Verma,Ashwani Trivedi Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Uday Veer Singh Hon'ble Jaspreet Singh,J.

¶1Heard learned counsel for the petitioner.

¶2Notice on behalf of the respondent no.1 has been accepted by office of the Chief Standing Counsel.

¶3Shri Uday Veer Singh, learned counsel has put in appearance on behalf of respondents no. 3 and 4.

¶4By means of the instant petition, the petitioner raises sole grievance regarding payment of Family Pension.

¶5It is urged that the husband of the petitioner died in the year 2004 and despite having made several representations earlier, the respondents have not taken any action and has deprived the petitioner of her family pension. It is also stated that the petitioner has recently filed another representation in continuation of the earlier dated 02.08.2023, however, the same has also not evoked any response from the respondents.

¶6Considering the fact that the matter has been escalated before the department concerned. Accordingly, at this stage, this Court is not inclined to interfere the petition and is of the opinion that ends of justice can be made by directing the respondent No.3 to consider and decide the pending representation taking the overall facts and circumstances and there is no legal impediment the pension may be released in favour of the petitioner within a period of eight weeks from the date a copy of certified order is placed before the authority concerned.

¶7It is made clear that the Court has not examined the case of petitioner on merits and the authority concerned shall decide the same strictly in accordance with law by a reasoned and speaking order.

¶8With the aforesaid, the petition is disposed of. Order Date :- 7.12.2023 KR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench