Smt. Rekha v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Transport Lko and 4 Others

Court No. - 7 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 10018 of 2023 Petitioner :- Smt. Rekha Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Transport Lko And 4 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Surya Narayan Mishra,Surya Bhushan Srivastava Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Akhilesh Pratap Singh,Anuj Kudesia Hon'ble Abdul Moin,J. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Standing Counsel for respondent no. 1, Shri Akhilesh Pratap Singh, learned counsel for respondent no. 5 and Shri Vikas Agarwal, Advocate holding brief of Shri Anuj Kudesia, learned counsel for respondents no. 2 to 4. With the consent of learned counsel appearing for the contesting parties, the writ petition is being finally decided. Contention of learned counsel for the petitioner is that the petitioner's husband namely Shri Nandu was working on a post of sweeper in the Corporation when he died on 19.04.2003. Despite that, the petitioner has still not been paid the pension which is admissble to her. After arguing the matter at some length, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that with regard to the reliefs sought in the writ petition, the petitioner may be permitted to submit a fresh representation before the respondent no.5 i.e. Commissioner, Employee Provident Fund, Gorakhpur Division, Gorakhpur which may be directed to be decided within a time frame fixed by this Court to which learned Counsels for the respondents have no objection. In view of the above, it is provided that in case the petitioner submits a representation within two weeks from today before respondent no.5 then respondent no.5 shall endevour to decide the same by means of a reasoned and speaking order in accordance with law and the relevant rules within a further period of six weeks from the date of submission of the representation along with certified copy of this order. With the aforesaid direction, writ petition is disposed of. It is made clear that this Court has not gone into the merits of the claim set forth by the petitioner. Order Date :- 22.12.2023 Mohit Singh/- High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench