Ashok Bhan, President—By the impugned orders, the fora below had dismissed the complaint filed by the Petitioner seeking direction to the Respondent Bank to permit her to operate the locker which she had opened jointly with her late husband, Bhagwat Prasad Jaiswal.

Facts:-

2. The case of the Petitioner is that she had taken a locker in the Respondent Bank in the year 1984 jointly with her late husband, Bhagwat Prasad Jaiswal who died on 04.02.01. After the death of her husband, Petitioner approached the Respondent to operate the said locker which was refused. Complaint was filed alleging deficiency in service and seeking a direction to the Bank to permit her to operate the locker.

3. Respondent Bank on being served, put in appearance and filed its written statement taking the stand that though the application for locker was made jointly by the Petitioner and her late husband but she did not sign the application and did not operate the said locker at any time during the life time of her late husband. No specimen signatures were furnished by her for operation of the said locker. It was averred that another woman, namely Shakuntala Jaiswal and her two sons claiming themselves