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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - C No. - 34741 of 2025 Court No. - 6 HON'BLE ARUN KUMAR, J.
1. Heard Shri Rishikesh Kumar Maurya, learned counsel for the petitioner, Shri Gaya Prasad Singh, learned counsel for the respondent no.1 and Shri Jagdish Pathak, learned counsel for the respondent no.2.
2. The present petition has been filed challenging the order dated 14.08.2025, passed by the respondent no.2, whereby petitioner's claim for grant of pension under the Employees Pension Scheme, 1995 has been declined on the ground that petitioner's husband had died away from service.
3. Learned counsel for the respondent no.2, on the basis of instructions received, states that claim of the petitioner for pension and arrears of pension has been subsequently accepted and requisite pension payment
order has been issued.
4. In view of the statement made on behalf of respondent no.2, the relief no.2 in this petition, sought by the petitioner, has already been granted and the order impugned dated 14.08.2025 has become redundant.
5. In the facts and circumstances, noticed above, the writ petition is
disposed of directing the respondent no.2 to ensure regular payment of pension sanctioned to the petitioner. October 6, 2025 Ashok Kr. Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Rishikesh Kumar Maurya Counsel for Respondent(s) : A.S.G.I., Gaya Prasad Singh, Jagdish Pathak (Arun Kumar,J.) Smt. Dhanvati Devi .....Petitioner(s) Union Of India And 2 Others .....Respondent(s) Digitally signed by :- ASHOK KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad