( 1 ) THE petitioner is employed in the Jawaharlal Nehru University, respondent herein. As an employee of the University, the petitioner has been maintaining various accounts, i. e. , Group Insurance, G. P. F. Provident Fund etc. According to the petitioner he had nominated his wife Smt. Hira Devi in all the said accounts. The petitioner wanted to change the nomination by substituting the name of Kumari Champa, his grand-daughter (son s daughter) in place of his wife Smt Hira Devi. The reason given for this is that his wife Hira Devi had been living separately from the petitioner and there was litigation between the two. There was a Court order passed under Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure under which an amount of Rs. 250. 00 per month was being deducted from his salary by the University and paid to his wife Smt. Hira Devi as maintenance. The petitioner has stated that Smt. Hira Devu is not maintaining any relations with the petitioner for a long time and is residing in a village in district Nainital, U. P. It is further the case of the petitioner that his only son has also separated from him and is not maintaining any relationship with the petitioner. T