Sati Kumari v. The State Of Bihar And ORS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.1505 of 2018 ====================================================== Sati Kumari W/o Late Shivnarayan Singh Resident of Village Nawratanpur, P.S. - Taraiya, District - Saran.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1. The State of Bihar through the Principal Secretary, Human Resources Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna.

2. The District Education Officer, Gopalganj.

3. The District Treasury Officer, Gopalganj.

4. The Accountant General (A & E), Bihar.

... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Awadhesh Kumar Pandey, Advocate For the State : Mr. Umesh Narayan Dubey, A.C. to G.P.-27 For the Accountant General Mr. Amarnath Singh, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. NILU AGRAWAL ORAL ORDER 04-12-2018 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned counsel for the State as well as learned counsel appearing on behalf of the Accountant General, Bihar, Patna. The petitioner in the present writ application seeks revision of family pension in terms of sixth and seventh pay revision and payment be made accordingly. The husband of the petitioner retired from service on 31st December, 1985 from the post of Headmaster in Middle School, Maharani, DistrictGopalganj and he died on 19th September, 2013. Thereafter, the petitioner, being the wife of Late Shivnarayan Singh ( deceased) is getting family pension but not on the revised scale. She prays that the family pension be revised in

Patna High Court CWJC No.1505 of 2018(6) dt.04-12-2018 2/2 accordance with sixth and seventh pay revision. This writ application is disposed of with a direction to the respondent No. 2, The District Education Officer as well as The District Programme Officer, Gopalganj, who will recalculate and fix the admissible family pension of the petitioner within a period of two months from today and the said calculation be sent to the Accountant General, Bihar, Patna within a fortnight thereafter. The District Treasury Officer, Gopalganj, Respondent No. 3 would then make payment of such admissible dues within a period of two months from the date of receipt of the said PPO by the office of Accountant General, Bihar, Patna.

(Nilu Agrawal, J) sudha/- U