Smt. Rehana Bano v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Irrigation Water Resources, Lko. and 2 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
WRIT - A No. 10229 of 2025, High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench (Manish Mathur, J., September 9, 2025): family pension claim of petitioner Smt. Rehana Bano rejected because her name was not recorded as nominee in the service book of her deceased husband Late Jalil Ahmad (Irrigation Department); marriage performed on 25.09.2018 after husband's superannuation on 30.11.2012; first wife Smt Nazma Begum died 02.11.2017; registered marriage certificate overlooked by authority; impugned order quashed by certiorari and matter remanded for fresh decision within six weeks. Keywords: family pension, nominee, service book, post-superannuation marriage, marriage registration certificate, certiorari, quashed, remand, Irrigation Department, Uttar Pradesh.
What did the court decide?
Petition allowed; impugned order quashed by writ of certiorari; opposite party no.3 (Superintending Engineer, Kendriya Sajja Evam Bhandar Apurti Mandal-2 Irrigation Department, Lucknow) granted liberty to pass fresh orders considering the petitioner's claim in light of the marriage registration certificate dated 13.03.2019, with final decision within six weeks of production of certified copy; parties to bear their own costs.