DULARI DEVI vs STATE OF BIHAR - 2021 Supreme(Pat) 925

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2021 Supreme(Pat) 925

PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH
DULARI DEVI – Appellant
Versus
STATE OF BIHAR – Respondent

Advocates:
Advocate Appeared:
For the Appellants : Mr. Murari Narain Choudhary, Mr. Vijay Kumar.
For the Respondents: Mr. Ashutosh Ranjan Pandey, Mr. Rakesh Narayan Singh, Dr. Anand Kumar, Mr. Abhay Kumar Thakur, Mr. Arunendra Kumar Thakur, Ms. Sukriti Kumari.

JUDGMENT :

Prabhat Kumar Singh, J.

1. Heard learned counsel for the parties.

2. The present writ petition has been filed for quashing of office order, contained in letter no. 4123 dated 13.03.2019, issued under the signature of Senior Accounts Officer, Bihar, Patna (Respondent no. 7), whereby the Treasure Officer, Nirmali, District - Supaul (Respondent no. 5) has been directed to make payment of the family pension only to the first wife of the deceased employee Raghuvir Ram namely Maha Devi (Respondent no. 8), ignoring the claim of this petitioner, who claims to be second wife of deceased Raghuvir Ram, with a further direction to respondents to make payment of family pension to this petitioner also taking into account that she is one of the widow of her deceased husband, having no source of her livelihood.

3. It is the case of the petitioner that the husband of this petitioner namely late Raghuvir Ram had been appointed as Assistant Teacher in Middle School on 15.01.1974 and superannuated from service on 30.11.2012. It is further contended that after retirement, pension payment order was issued on 09.04.2013 containing the photographs of both the wives including the petitioner. Subsequ

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