Indira Praharaj v. State Of Odisha
IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK
WPC (OAC) No. 2610 of 2014 Indira Praharaj ....
Petitioner None -versusState of Odisha & others ....
Opp. Parties Mr. Biswajit Mohanty, Standing Counsel(School & Mass Education) for O.P. Nos.1 & 2 Mr. S.K. Patra, Standing Counsel for O.P. 3-Accountant General(A & E)
CORAM:
JUSTICE M.S. SAHOO Order No.
ORDER
15.07.2022 02.
RJ 1.
This matter is taken up through hybrid mode.
2.
None appears for the petitioner, when the matter is called. When the matter was last taken up on 29.04.2022, none had appeared and considering the matter in some detail and after hearing learned counsel for the opposite parties, the following order was passed:- "2. The writ petition has been renumbered and registered before this Court on 13.12.2021 after being transferred, upon abolition of Odisha Administrative Tribunal, Cuttack.
3. On perusal of the available order-sheets of the learned Tribunal, it is found that the notices were issued on 20.10.2014 and thereafter the matter was never taken up/pursued.
4. The Original Application was filed in the year 2014 by the petitioner, whose husband died after superannuating from service on 30.06.1995 with a prayer to get family pension.
5. To grant another opportunity to the petitioner, list on 15.07.2022."
3.
Learned counsel for the opposite parties submit that the O.A. was filed in the year 2014 for getting family pension, after
// 2 // the husband of the petitioner had superannuated on 30.06.1995 and he passed away on 27.02.2005.
4.
Since the matter was never pursued after 20.10.2014, till it is listed before this Court after the O.A. was transferred, there is no instructions regarding the present status of the petitioner or the status of the family pension she had prayed for. 5.
Learned Standing Counsel for O.P. No.3 refers to the counter dated 02.02.2015 filed before the learned Tribunal particularly the para-4 (internal page-2 of the counter) i.e. quoted herein:- "xxx xxx. Since, the applicant has approached this Hon'ble Tribunal for revision of her family pension, the Treasury Officer, Koraput has been instructed to revise the family pension of the applicant due to rationalization of pension w.e.f. 01.01.1996 and 01.01.2006 vide this office letter No.SAI.Pen-1(Pen3)-PR-133/2000-01/3937-3942 dated 08.01.2015. The copy of the letter dated 08.01.2015 is annexed as ANNEXURE-R/3-1 for better appreciation of this Hon'ble Tribunal."
6.
Learned Standing Counsel (School and Mass Education Department) also submits that the petitioner would have already received the revised family pension, therefore, nothing remains for further adjudication.
7.
Having heard the learned Standing Counsel (School and Mass Education Department) as well as learned counsel for O.P. No.3-Accountant General (A & E), Odisha, the writ petition is disposed of.
(M.S. Sahoo) Judge