JUDGMENT :

Petitioner in W.P(C) No. 5189/2017 is the opposite party No. 11 before the CAT, Guwahati in O.A. No. 040/00329/2015 and petitioners in W.P.(C) No. 3400/2017 are the Railway Authorities who were arrayed as Petitioners No. 1 to 10 in O.A. No. 040/00329/2015. Since both these writ petitions are directed against the order dated 21.02.2017 passed by the CAT, Guwahati in O.A. No. 040/00329/2015, the matters are heard and taken up for disposal together. The respondent in the writ petition filed the Original Application before the CAT, Guwahati claiming to be the widow of one late Sanjit Malakar who was working as SFW/2 N.F. Railway, Lumding and was a resident of Relief Yard Colony, Lumding, District: Hojai, Assam challenging the orders passed by the respondent-Railways dated 11.09.2015. By the said order, the Railway authorities disposed of the application received from the writ petitioner and the respondent, both claiming to be legally wedded wife of the deceased Railway employee late Sanjit Malakar holding that the writ petitioner-Purnima Malakar was the ‘legal wife’ of late Sanjit Malakar and that she was eligible for payment of funeral assistance and family pension, GIS, lea