Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:3813 Court No. - 6 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 691 of 2025 Petitioner :- Smt. Narayani Devi Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Its Prin. Secy. Deptt. Od Secretariat Admin. Lko. And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Sudha Pal,Praveen Tripathi Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Alok Mathur,J. 1. Heard Sri Praveen Tripathi, learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Standing counsel on behalf of the respondents. 2. It has been submitted that father of the petitioner late Sri Dharma Nand Bhatt was working on the post of Chowkidar at U.P. Secretariat in Secretariat Administration and expired on 17.3.1965. On the death of his father the mother of the petitioner was granted family pension on 10.7.1987 and continued to received the family pension till her death. After death of her mother on 12.11.2014 the petitioner applied for grant of family pension considering the fact that her husband Jagdish Chandra Joshi pre - deceased petitioner's mother on 23.1.2008. In the aforesaid circumstances the petitioner had made representation to respondent No.1 which is pending and has not been decided. 3. In light of the above, the writ petition is disposed of with liberty to the petitioner to move a fresh representation to the competent authority i.e. opposite party No.1 within next two weeks. In case, the such a representation is made opposite party No.1 shall consider and decide the same within next six weeks by passing a reasoned and speaking order in accordance with law and communicate the same to the petitioner. (Alok Mathur, J.) Order Date :- 21.1.2025 RKM. Digitally signed by :- RAKESH KUMAR MAURYA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench