JUDGMENT

Manish Choudhury, J. - This writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India is preferred by the petitioner seeking a direction to the respondents to release the family pension and other admissible retirement benefits by updating the service book of the deceased husband of the petitioner till his retirement on 28.02.2012.

2. The petitioner is the wife of one Ambika Choudhury, since deceased. Ambika Choudhury was initially appointed as a Soil Conservation Demonstrator (Junior) under the Directorate of Soil Conservation, Assam on 25.01.1977. After joining as Soil Conservator Demonstrator (Junior), Ambika Choudhury continued to render his services under the Directorate of Soil Conservation. During the course of service tenure, he was promoted to the post of Soil Conservation Ranger (SCR) as per a notification dated 14.06.2004. In the year 2010 when he was serving as a Soil Conservation Ranger (SCR) under the Divisional Officer, Kokrajhar Soil Conservation Division, BTC, Kokrajhar, he was promoted to the post of Assistant Soil Conservation Officer (ASCO) vide a notification bearing no. Soil.172/2008/33 dated 20.11.2010 and he was transferred to and posted at Hamren S