JUDGMENT :

1. The petitioner is the widow of a Class-IV employee, who superannuated from the services of the Nagar Palika Parishad, Bindki, District Fatehpur, as a Daftari on 05.01.1995. She has not been paid the post retiral benefits due on account of her husband's services, including family pension till date. This is the case that the petitioner has come up with before this Court, praying for the issue of a mandamus directing the respondents to sanction and disburse the post retiral benefits due on account of her husband's services.

2. Heard Mr. Sudheer Rana, learned Counsel for the petitioner, Mr. Rahul Pandey, learned Counsel appearing on behalf of respondent no.4 and Mr. Vimla Prasad, the learned Standing Counsel appearing on behalf of respondent nos. 1, 2 and 3.

3. According to the petitioner, her husband, Mubarak Hussain, retired as a Daftari, a Class-IV employee with the Nagar Palika Parishad, Bindki, District Fatehpur. He retired on 05.01.1995, and passed away within the course of a year, on 16.12.1995. His services were acknowledged by the Chairman, Nagar Palika Parishad, with the Palika, passing a condolence resolution showering encomiums. Still, the petitioner's post retir