Purnima Pramanik v. State Of West Bengal And ORS.

7th Jan., 2026 Item no.M/L 694 Court No. 18 Pradip, A.R.(Ct.) In the High Court at Calcutta Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction Appellate Side Case No.

WPA 9817 of 2022 In the matter of :

Purnima Pramanik .... Petitioner VS.

The State of West Bengal & Ors.

....Respondents For the Petitioner:

Mr. Subhas Jana Mr. Sakya Maity Ms. Mahua Palit ....Advocates

1. None appears on behalf of the State.

2. The petitioner claims to be a widow of a deceased assistant teacher of a school. She seeks family pension.

3. A legal representation on behalf of the petitioner was sent to the Director of Pension, Provident Fund & Group Insurance. It does not appear that the District Inspector of Schools was approached with the prayer for grant of family pension.

4. In view of the above, the instant writ petition is disposed of with the observation that, it will be open for the petitioner to make a comprehensive representation before the concerned District Inspector of Schools highlighting her grievances.

5. In the event such a representation is made, the same shall be considered by the District Inspector of Schools in accordance with law at the earliest but positively within a period of twelve weeks from the date of submission of the representation.

6. An opportunity of hearing shall be granted to all the necessary parties prior to passing a final order in the matter.

7. A reasoned order shall be passed by the aforesaid respondent and communicated to the parties.

8. The writ petition stands disposed of.

9. Urgent photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties upon compliance of all requisite formalities. (Amrita Sinha, J.)