Shabeen Banu v. Financial Advisor and Chief Accounts Officer(Pension)

ORDER The petitioner's father one E.Mohammed Sadiq, who rendered 33 years of service in the Southern Railway Unit, retired from service on attaining the age of superannuation on 31.03.1994 and died on

09.11.1997. Thereafter, the family pension was provided to the petitioner's mother, Kathija Bee, and she also died on 26.01.2025. The petitioner is a widowed daughter and therefore, she is eligible for family pension. When she approached the respondents claiming family pension, she came to know that in the pension payment order, her mother's name has been wrongly recorded as Kaliza Bibi instead of Kathija Bee. Therefore, she submitted a representation dated 30.11.2025 to the respondents seeking to amend her mother's name as Kathija Bee instead of Kaliza Bibi in the pension payment order. However, the said representation has not been considered by the respondents. Therefore, the petitioner is before this Court.

¶2Mr.S.Sivakumar, learned Senior Central Government Standing Counsel submits that the proper authority to amend the name of the petitioner's mother in the pension payment order is the Senior Divisional Personnel Officer, Southern Railway, Railway Junction West Gate,

¶3In view of the said submission, the Senior Divisional Personnel Officer, Southern Railway, Railway Junction West Gate, Madurai, is suo motu impleaded as a party to this writ petition and the learned Senior Central Government Standing Counsel is directed to take notice for the newly respondent.

¶4Considering the relief sought for in this writ petition, this writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the Senior Divisional Personnel Officer, Southern Railway, to verify the documents and amend the petitioner's mother's name in the pension payment order, within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. No costs.

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¶1The Financial Advisor & Chief Accounts Officer (Pension), PPO issuing Railway, Park Town, Chennai – 600 003.

¶2The Accounts Officer, Senior Divisional Finance Manager, O/o. Divisional Railway Manager Madurai Madurai Division, Madurai – 625 016.

¶3The Manager, State Bank of India, Centralised Pension Processing Centre, No.112/4, Kaliamman Koil Street, Virugampakkam, Chennai – 600 092.

¶4The Senior Divisional Personnel Officer, Railway Junction West Gate,

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WP(MD) No.1721 of 2026

05.02.2026

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT Dated : 05.02.2026 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE B.PUGALENDHI WP(MD)No.1721 of 2026 Shabeen Banu ... Petitioner Vs 1. Financial Advisor & Chief Accounts Officer (Pension), PPO issuing Railway, Park Town, Chennai – 600 003. 2. The Accounts Officer, Senior Divisional Finance Manager, O/o. Divisional Railway Manager Madurai Madurai Division, Madurai – 625 016. 3. The Manager, State Bank of India, Centralised Pension Processing Centre, No.112/4, Kaliamman Koil Street, Virugampakkam, Chennai – 600 092. 4. The Senior Divisional Personnel Officer, Railway Junction West Gate, (R4 is suo motu impleaded by order dated 05.02.2026) ... Respondents Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying this Court to issue a Writ of Mandamus, to direct the respondents to issue corrected Pension Payment Order in PPO No.19947060800169 with respect to the name of the pensioner/mother of the petitioner as per supporting documents by considering the representation of the petitioner dated 30.11.2025 within a time period that may be fixed by this Court. For Petitioner : M/s.P.Yasmin Begum For R1, R2 and R4: Mr.S.Sivakumar, Senior Central Govt. Standing Counsel For R3 : Mr.V.Balasubramanian