CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL, JABALPUR BENCH JABALPUR Original Application No.200/01042/2023 Jabalpur, this Tuesday, the 30^th day of April, 2024 HON’BLE SHRI JUSTICE AKHIL KUMAR SRIVASTAVA, JUDICIAL MEMBER HON’BLE SHRI KUMAR RAJESH CHANDRA, ADMINISTRATIVE MEMBER Smt. Kanchan W/o Late Shri Balram Sharan Aged about 48 years R/o House No.29 Bagicha No.31-A Chhotelal Ka Bagicha Cant. Tahsil And District Jabalpur (MP) 482001 -Applicant (By Advocate –Shri Saurabh Tiwari)

V e r s u s

1. Union of India, through its Principal Secretary Ministry of Defence South Block New Delhi 154-B Wing Sena Bhawan New Delhi 110011

2. General Manager COD Factory, Jabalpur (MP) 482001

3. Chief Accounts Officer (Pension) COD Factory Jabalpur(MP) 482001

4. State Bank of India through Manager State Bank of India Main Branch opposite Hotel Rishi Regency, Jabalpur MP

482001

5. Principal Controller of Defence Account (Pension) Draupadi Ghat New Cantt. Prayagraj 211014- Respondents (By Advocate –Shri P.K. Chourasia)

O R D E R (ORAL)

By Justice Akhil Kumar Srivastava, JM;

Through this Original Application applicant is seeking direction to respondents No.1 and 5 to decide the claim of family pension of the applicant and has also sought direction to respondent No.4 to provide all information to respondent No.2 so that family pension can be released to her.

2. Learned counsel for the applicant submitted that in compliance of order dated 28.07.2021 passed by this Tribunal in OA. No.477/2021 to decide the claim of applicant, respondent- COD has forwarded the case of applicant along with order of Tribunal to PCDA (Pension), Allahabad vide letter dated 23.08.2021 for direction in the matter. Till date nothing has been received from the PCDA (Pension) Allahabad. Therefore, at this stage, learned counsel for the applicant submitted that the applicant will be satisfied if the respondent No.5 is directed to decide the matter in a time bound manner.

3. Learned counsel for the respondents submits that he has no objection if the Original Application is disposed of as per law in above manner.

4. Resultantly, this Original Application is disposed of without commenting on the merits of the case, directing the respondent No.5 to consider and decide the applicant’s case which is forwarded by COD vide letter dated 23.08.2021, if not already decided, by a reasoned and speaking order, within a period of 90 days after receiving the copy of this order.

(Kumar Rajesh Chandra) (Akhil Kumar Srivastava)

Administrative Member Judicial Member kg/-