Raj Kumari Devi v. The State Of Bihar And ORS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.12220 of 2016 ====================================================== Raj Kumari Devi Wife of Late Baccha Tiwary Resident of village - Sirsaw, P.O. Daraunda, P.S. Darunda, District - Siwan ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1. The State of Bihar, through the Principal Secretary, Water Resources Department, New Sachiwalaya, Bihar, Patna

2. The Principal Secretary, Water Resources Department, New Sachiwalaya, Bihar, Patna

3. The Joint Secretary, Water Resources Department, New Sachiwalaya, Bihar, Patna

4. The Accountant General ( A & E ), Bihar, Patna ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Sanjay Kumar Ojha For the Respondent/s :

Mr. SC3-SYED ARSHAD ALAM ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY KUMAR TRIPATHI ORAL ORDER 16-11-2017 In absence of any clear or unimpeachable document or evidence to show that the petitioner is a legally wedded wife of the erstwhile employee namley, Baccha Tiwary, who retired way back in the year 1997 without giving any declaration with regard to the status of the present petitioner as a wife, coupled with the fact that petitioner realised after more than a decade that she is wife and she may be entitled to family pension, the whole thing become suspicious. Therefore, there cannot be any decisive order in favour of the petitioner. Writ Application is dismissed.

(Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J) skm/- U