Cinta Devi v. The Union Of India And ORS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Letters Patent Appeal No 1592 of 2012 IN Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No 2123 of 2012 =========================================================== Chinta Devi, wife of late Girja Mahto, resident of Village - Daulatpur, PS and Anchal - Koilwar, District - Bhojpur (Bihar) .... .... Appellant/s

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1 The Union of India through the Ministry of Home Affairs (Freedom Fighter's Division), Lok Nayak Bhawan, New Delhi 2 The Principal Secretary, Home (Special) Department, Government of Bihar, Old Secretariat, Patna 3 The Under Secretary, Home (Special) Department, Government of Bihar, Patna 4 The District Magistrate, Bhojpur at Ara .... .... Respondent/s =========================================================== Appearance :

For the Appellant/s : Mr Uday Kumar, Advocate For Union of India : Mr Awadhesh Kr Pandey, SCGC Mr Ravinder Kr Sharma, CGC For the S t a t e : Mr Rajiv Roy, GP 5 with Mr Dharmendra Kr Singh, AC to GP 5 =========================================================== CORAM: HON'BLE MR JUSTICE NAVANITI PRASAD SINGH And HON'BLE JUSTICE SMT ANJANA MISHRA ORAL JUDGMENT (Per: HONOURABLE MR JUSTICE NAVANITI PRASAD SINGH) Date: 10-12-2015 The appellant was the writ petitioner and she filed the writ petition claiming family pension as the widow of a freedom fighter who had died in the year, 1999. He had never pursued his application for grant of freedom fighters' pension. The writ application was filed in the year, 2012 that is after 13 years of the death.

Patna High Court LPA No.1592 of 2012 dt.10-12-2015 The learned Single Judge refused to exercise his discretion in the matter and we concur. This appeal is dismissed. (Navaniti Prasad Singh, J) (Anjana Mishra, J) U M.E.H./-