ORDER

Per Ms. Bidish aBaneriee .Judici aMelmber:

Ld. Counsel sfo rboth side sare presen tand heard.

2. The Railwa yService s(Pension )Rules ,1993 is explic tihtat where the famil pyensio nis payabl eto more widows than one, the family pensio nshal lbe paid to the widows in equal shares.

3. The applica nwtho claim sto be the second wif eof the deceased employee , Late Kabuta rDas, Ex-Khala sHielpe runder SE (W)/BOC/Howrah Divisio nh,as file tdhi sO.A. seekin gthe followi nrgelie-fs:

"8.(1)An orde rdirecti tnhge responden tauthorit iteo sgran t ful flamil ypensio nin favou rof the presen tapplica nitn view of death of her husband;

(ii) An orde rdirecti tnhge responden tauthorit iteo smake suitab lmeodificat iaonnd/o rcorrecti otno the pensio npayment orde rto gran tful flamil ypensio nin favou rof the presen t '-y applica nitn view of death of her husband;

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An orde rdirecti tnhge authori tyo rescin dor cance l or modif ythe orde rdated 18th February ,2009 issue dby the responden tauthority;

(iv) An orde rdirecti nthge responden tauthorit ineost to disburs eany amount on accoun tfamil pyensio nto the responden t No. 6 in view of her marriag eas held on 7th December, 2010.

(v) Any othe rorde ror order sas to thi sHon'bl eTribuna l may deem fi atnd proper."

3. Per contra ,the respondent shave submitte dtha tdurin gthe servic eperiod ,lat eKabuta rDas has marrie done Smt. Santosh iDas.

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As per the offi creecord M.iss Sant iKumari is his only daughter S.ri \

Kabuta rDasMied on 22.7.199 6A.fte rthe death of Late Kabuta rDas

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one Mr. Narayan Das state dto be the elde rbrothe rof Late Kabutar X-L Das submitte adn applicat ioon n25.9.199 6fo rwithholdi pnagyment of ~4'

settleme ndtues. In his applicat ihoe nstate dtha tther eis no relation $ between Kabuta rDas and Munni Das as huband and wife .I twas also seen !:

tha ta Misc .Case No. 141 of 1995 file bdy one Smt. Munni Rabi Das befor eChie fJudici aMlagistrat eB,urdwan, fo rmaintenanc ewas dropped vide orde rdated 12.8.199 6L.etter wsere issue dto Smt. Munni Das and Miss Sant iKumari fo rthe purpose of the settleme ndtues. After completio onf al lthe formaliti seest,tleme ndtues have been cleared t in favou rof Miss Sant iKumari as a daughte rof fir switf eand in favour of both minor sons ,receive bdy Smt. Munni Das as a natura gluardian.

Smt. Munni Das has file tdhe O.A. No. 357 of 2012 fo rclaimin tghe ful flamil ypensio nin favou rof her as Sant iKumari (th edaughter of fir switfe )got married .But neithe Srmt. Sant iKumari nor Munni Das coul dsubmi tany documents to prove it.

The respondent shave emphatical dleyclare dtha tthe marriage between Munni Das and Kabuta rDas was solemnise dwhen Kabuta rDas had -i-

a wif eSmt. Santosh iDas. As Kabuta rDas belonge dto Hindu Community and as per Hindu Marriag eAct a person havin gwif ecoul dnot contract a second marriag ewithou ttakin lgiber ftryom the Competent Court and as no such judici oarlde rwas availab lteo the Railwa yAdministration, the second marriag ehas been treate ads void and the wif eunder void marriag eis not entitl efdo rany servic feacilit iIe tiss .submitted tha tone lett eNor. ENGG/280/96 ,dated 3rd March, 2005 was sent for intimation.

4. The applica ntin her rejoind ehras submitte dtha tthe applicat iuonnder Sectio n125 of the Code of Crimina Plrocedur efor *

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the purpose of maintenanc ewas dropped on the death of her husband.

k She has furth earsserte dtha tthe two sons were born on 12th January ,1995 and 15th February ,1996. She was marrie dto Kabuta rDas on 12th July ,1989, afte trhe death of Santosh iDas on 9th August ,1987, the fir switf eof her husband and the two sons were born out of their wedlock subsequen tto the death of the fir swtif eof her deceased husband .While determinati oonf the pension ,she was illegally exclude dfo rconsiderat ioofn the famil ypensio nas the wif eof my r deceased husband Kabuta rDas. In suppor tshe has relie udpon the death certific oaf tSeantosh iDas issue don 27.1.200 6manifesti ntgh