( 1 ) SMT. Saiyada widow of late constable Iqbal Hussain has filed this writ petition for writ of mandamus directing the opposite parties to make necessary orders for the payment of arrears of pension with effect from 1. 6. 1977 to 30. 12. 1979 relating to constable Iqbal Hussain who retired from district Ghazipur, to pay her the entire balance of retirement dues of her late husband and further to issue a writ in the nature of mandamus directing the opposite parties to fix the family pension and to pay the arrears w. e. f. 1. 1. 1980. A counter-affidavit of Sri Ram Palat Yadav, deputy Superintendent of Police, district Ghazipur, has been filed.

( 2 ) I have heard Sri G. C. Gahrana, learned counsel for the petitioner and learned standing counsel for the respondents.

( 3 ) BRIEFLY stated the facts of the case are, that late Iqbal Hussain served as constable in U. P. Police. He was last posted at police station Dildarnagar, district Ghazipur, and retired on 30. 5. 1977. After his retirement, he made efforts to get his pension fixed. It is alleged that a pension payment order was issued by the office of Accountant General, U. P. to the Treasury officer, Ghazipur. The