Sarita Devi v. State of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Basic Edu. Lko. and 3 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Allahabad High Court, Lucknow Bench (Court No. 19); WRIT - A No. 9342 of 2023; Neutral Citation 2023:AHC-LKO:80163; decided 7.12.2023 by Jaspreet Singh, J. Sarita Devi v. State of U.P. (through Addl. Chief Secretary, Basic Education, Lucknow) and 3 others. Subject: non-payment of family pension after husband's death in 2004; representations, including one dated 02.08.2023, unanswered. Directions: respondent No.3 to consider and decide pending representation; pension releasable within eight weeks of certified copy being placed before authority if no legal impediment; merits not examined; reasoned and speaking order required. Outcome: petition disposed of. Counsel: Aviral Raj Singh, Ankit Kumar Pandey, Ashutosh Verma, Ashwani Trivedi (petitioner); C.S.C. (respondent no. 1); Uday Veer Singh (respondents nos. 3 and 4).
What did the court decide?
Direction to respondent No.3 to consider and decide the pending representation taking the overall facts and circumstances; family pension to be released in favour of the petitioner within eight weeks of a certified copy of the order being placed before the authority, provided there is no legal impediment.