Sabitri Utthasini v. State of West Bengal and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
W.P.A. 9393 of 2025, decided 10/06/2025 by Saugata Bhattacharyya, J. Keywords: family pension; Pension Payment Order (PPO); rectification / revised PPO; District Inspector of Schools (S.E), Paschim Medinipur; State of West Bengal; effective date 1 July, 2016 versus erroneous date 15 July, 2024; mother's death 30 June, 2016; four-week compliance direction; writ petition disposed of. Relevant to disputes over commencement dates of family pension and correction of pension documents by education-department authorities. No statutory provision or precedent case is cited in the judgment, and no monetary amount (including arrears) is quantified in the text.
What did the court decide?
Revised Pension Payment Order to be issued by the concerned State authorities within four weeks of communication of the order, sanctioning family pension to the petitioner with effect from 1 July, 2016.