JUDGMENT :

Rumi Kumari Phukan, J.

1. Heard Ms. S.G. Baruah, learned counsel for the petitioner. Also heard Ms. R. Deka, learned counsel, appearing on behalf of respondent Nos. 1 to 6. None appears for and on behalf of respondent No. 7.

2. The case of the petitioner is that her husband/Late Parbananda Kalita retired as Vehicle Driver working under Barpeta Road Electrical Sub-Division under Barpeta Electrical Division and thereafter, expired on 2.7.2016, in his residence. According to the petitioner, she is the legally married wife of Late Parbananda Kalita with whom the petitioner solemnized social marriage in the year 1983, i.e., about 33 years back and out of their wedlock, three daughters were born to them but because of differences between them in their relation, since 1993, they started living separately. The petitioner started living in her paternal home along with her youngest daughter since 1993 and the other two daughters of the petitioner stayed along with their father, i.e., Late Parbananda Kalita.

3. Further, it is submitted that after living separately from the house of her husband, the petitioner filed a petition before the learned Court of CJM, Pathshala at Barpeta, beari