Smt Pinki Bhattacharjee v. Union of India and 4 Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Family pension; dependent divorced daughter; deceased railway pensioner; Office Memorandum dated 26.10.2022; representation dated 02.05.2025; Annexure-5; divorce decree Title Suit (D) No.43/2002 dated 12.03.2025; Northeast Frontier Railway; respondent No.3 General Manager NFR; 90-day direction; writ petition dismissed; liberty to re-submit representation and re-approach the Court; Gauhati High Court; Justice Devashis Baruah; order dated 06.02.2026; WP(C)/541/2026.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition dismissed; petitioner granted liberty to submit a fresh representation claiming family pension under the Office Memorandum dated 26.10.2022 with necessary documents; respondent No.3 and concerned NF Railway authorities to act on such representation preferably within 90 days of its submission; liberty reserved to the petitioner to approach the Court if any adverse decision is taken or the claim is not settled within the directed period.