Durlabhi Khamari v. Union of India
Case brief
What is this about?
High Court of Orissa at Cuttack; W.P.(C) No. 21536 of 2024; order dated 23.09.2024 by Dr. Justice S.K. Panigrahi; petitioner Durlabhi Khamari (counsel P.K. Mishra) versus Union of India & Ors. (counsel P.K. Parhi, DSGI). Court, having heard counsel, expressly declined to go into the merit of the case and confined itself to directing Opposite Party No.5, The General Manager, East Coast Railway, Rail Bhawan, Bhubaneswar, to dispose of the petitioner's pending representation dated 10.07.2024 vide Annexure-4 series by a reasoned order within one month of presentation of a certified copy; writ petition disposed of. Searchable elements: pending representation, Annexure-4 series, Rule Nissi show-cause prayer, service-book nominee/daughter-in-law disbursal grievance (not adjudicated), one-month reasoned-order directive, writ petition disposed.
What did the court decide?
Direction to Opposite Party No.5 (The General Manager, East Coast Railway, Rail Bhawan, Bhubaneswar) to dispose of the petitioner's pending representation dated 10.07.2024 vide Annexure-4 series by passing a reasoned order within one month from presentation of a certified copy of the order; the substantive prayer regarding disbursal of the petitioner's and her husband's share instead of the service-book nominee (daughter-in-law) was not adjudicated.