Bhagirat Patowary v. the State of Assam and Anr.
Case brief
What is this about?
Writ petition concerning service benefits of a deceased government employee whose absence from service was unauthorised and against whom no disciplinary proceeding was initiated. Respondents regularised the absence by granting extraordinary leave and recording it in the service book. The court disposed of the petition directing payment of pensioner benefits to the family within three months.