Bishnupriya Samantaray v. Executive Engineer, Tpwodl, Sambalpur, Electrical Division
Case brief
What is this about?
Orissa High Court writ petition (WP(C) No. 37194 of 2025, Order No. 02, decided 16.01.2026) by Bishnupriya Samantaray, mother of a deceased TPWODL employee, seeking family pension and other pensionary benefits; opposed by Executive Engineer, TPWODL (Opp. Party Nos. 1 & 2, counsel Mr. P.K. Tripathy). Pursuant to order dtd.07.01.2026, TPWODL reported that the deceased's widow had already claimed family pension and other pensionary benefits (claim under process) and contended the mother was not entitled as prayed for; petitioner's counsel (Ms. R.R. Pradhan) then withdrew the petition, which was dismissed as withdrawn by Justice Biraja Prasanna Satapathy. Keywords: family pension, pensionary benefits, TPWODL, deceased employee, mother of deceased employee, widow's claim, withdrawal, dismissed as withdrawn.
What did the court decide?
Upon the petitioner's counsel praying for withdrawal of the writ petition, the Court dismissed the writ petition as withdrawn; no substantive adjudication was made on the petitioner's entitlement to family pension or other pensionary benefits.