Dismissed¶18
Alpana Kar v. State of West Bengal and Ors.
Calcutta HCWPA/10290/2025
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
Family pension; sister of deceased teacher; Assistant Teacher; Government aided school; Death-Cum-Retirement Benefit Scheme 1981 (DCRB 1981); mandamus; State of West Bengal; no provision for family pension to sister; writ petition WPA 10290 of 2025 dismissed.
What did the court decide?
Under the Death-Cum-Retirement Benefit Scheme, 1981, after the death of a teacher there is no provision to sanction family pension in favour of the sister of the deceased teacher; consequently no relief can be granted to the petitioner. ¶16