Rubi Saikia Bhowmik v. the State of Assam and 7 Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Gauhati High Court WP(C)/6561/2022, Rubi Saikia Bhowmik v. State of Assam & 7 Ors.; compassionate family pension authorized during pendency of proceedings; writ petition closed as infructuous (order dated 08.01.2025, Justice N. Unni Krishnan Nair); petitioner is widow of Late Sujit Bhowmik, resident of Saikia Chuburi, Tezpur, Sonitpur, Assam; respondents include Secretary, Public Health Engineering Deptt.; Secretary, Finance Deptt.; Chief Engineer, PHE; Addl. Chief Engineer, Lower Assam Zone; Executive Engineer, PHE Bongaigaon Division; Accountant General (A&E); Director of Pension; Director of Accounts and Treasuries. Keywords: compassionate family pension, pension authorization, infructuous writ petition, PHE Assam, widow pension.
What did the court decide?
On counsel for the petitioner submitting that the compassionate family pension had been authorized during the pendency of the proceedings, and the prayer not being objected to by the learned counsel for the respondents, the Court closed the writ petition as having been rendered infructuous.