JUDGMENT :

SOUMITRA SAIKIA, J.

1. This writ appeal has been filed against the Judgment and Order dated 22.02.2021 passed in W.P. (C) No. 533/2018 by the learned Single Judge, whereby the writ petition filed by the respondent No. 1 in the present appeal was allowed and the impugned Orders dated 14.09.2017 and 16.12.2017 passed by the respondents/Authorities, whereby the appellant was held to be entitled to receive family pension of Late Parbananda Kalita, were set aside and quashed. Being aggrieved the present appeal has been filed.

2. The appellant claimed to be the first legally wedded wife of Late Parbananda Kalita. Deceased employee, at the relevant point in time, was employed as a Driver in the erstwhile “Assam State Electricity Board” (ASEB) now known as “Assam Power Distribution Company Limited” (hereinafter referred as “APDCL”). Late Parbananda Kalita retired from service on 31.05.2012. He received his pension on 03.05.2013. Subsequently, however, he expired on 02.07.2016. After the expiry of Late Kalita, the appellant namely, Smti Hiron Kalita and the respondent No. 1 (petitioner in the writ petition) namely, Smt. Sabita Kalita approached the APDCL Authorities, each staking th