Akbarun Nessa v. the Assam State Electricity Board and 6 Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
WP(C)/229/2021, Gauhati High Court, order dated 04/06/2026 by N. Unni Krishnan Nair, J. Akbarun Nessa v. The Assam State Electricity Board & 6 Ors. (including Additional Central P.F. Commissioner, N.E. Region, Guwahati). Subject: family pension / Employees' Provident Fund; Employees' Pension (Second Amendment) Scheme, 2014; pension figures mentioned: Rs.708/- p.m. initially, revised to Rs.83,164/-, enhanced to Rs.1,000/- w.e.f. September, 2014 (credited from October, 2014). Held: further enhancement lies with the competent authority; no further claim maintainable at this stage; direction to credit future enhancements. Writ petition disposed of. Counsel: Junm Laskar and A Ahmed for petitioner; P K Roy (Senior), A Chakraborty, S K Chakraborty, M Dutta for respondent No. 7; SC, APDCL for respondents. Petitioner did not appear on call.
What did the court decide?
No further monetary relief at this stage; respondent authorities directed to authorise and credit to the petitioner's bank account any future enhancement of her pension.