Sudha Singh v. Union Of India & ORS

26.02.2021.

Item no. 27.

Court No.13 sp W.P.A. No. 23818 of 2019 (Through Video Conference) Sudha Singh

Versus

Union of India & Ors.

Mr. R. Kali ...For the petitioner.

Mr. Amal Kr. Sen, Mr. Sabyasachi Mondal ..For the WBSTC.

The petitioner claims pension on account of the death of a retired employee, namely, Chandrama Singh of the Kolkata Port Trust. The petitioner has produced Health Certificate and a nomination form of the State Bank of India in respect of a pension account being No. 248 signed by the said Chandrama Singh. The petitioner has not been able to show the PPO Book of the said Chandrama Singh nominating her as a beneficiary of pension.

There is yet another discrepancy. The petitioner further claims that Chandrama Singh and one Biswanath Singh are the same person.

The Kolkata Port Trust considering the above discrepancy have, by inter alia letter dated February 28, 2015 asked for documents in the nature of original pension card of the ex-employee, marriage registration certificate, nomination paper and any other document to indicate that the deceased employee of Kolkata Port Trust has effected any nomination in favour of the

petitioner and that the petitioner is the wife of the said Chandrama Singh/Biswanath Singh. The petitioner has not produced the same.

In those circumstances, no relief can be granted to the petitioner in this writ application.

The writ petition is dismissed.

There shall be no order as to costs.

Urgent photostat certified copy of this judgment, if applied for, be given to the parties upon compliance of all formalities.

(Rajasekhar Mantha, J.)