IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA

CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

APPELLATE SIDE

Present:-

The Hon’ble Justice Madhuresh Prasad

And

The Hon’ble Justice Prasenjit Biswas

F.M.A. 1161 of 2024

(ASSIGNED)

Harapriya Puri

Vs.

Union of India & Ors.

For the Appellant : Mr. Ujjal Ray. Adv.,

Mr. Prabhat Kr. Srivastava, Adv.,

Ms. Ankita Singh, Adv.,

Mr. Om Srivastava, Adv.

For the Respondent : Mr. Shiv Shankar Banerjee, Adv.,

Nos 2 to 5 Ms. Madhurima Halder, Adv.,

Mr. Abhishek Chakraborty, Adv.

Judgment on : December 11, 2025.

Madhuresh Prasad, J.:

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1. The present appeal arises out of an order dated 10 June, 2024 passed in WPA

No. 8096 of 2023 whereby and whereunder the writ petition filed by the present

appellant was dismissed with cost Rs.10,000/-

2. The writ petition was filed seeking issuance of direction upon the respondent to

disburse death benefits of the writ petitioner’s husband, claim quantified at Rs.94,62,972/-. The writ petitioner’s husband was an employee of the Institute

for Steel Development and Growth (“INSDAG” for short). The claim, however, was raised to be due as per service rules of the Steel Authority of India (Employees Family Benefit Scheme).

3. The learned Single Judge dismissed the writ petition on