2025:UHC:11313 SL. No. Dat e Of f ice Not es, r ep or t s, or d er s or p r oceed in g s or d ir ect ion s an d Reg ist r ar ’s or d er w it h Sig n at u r es COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS W PSS 4 0 7 / 2 0 2 5 Hon ’ble Man oj Ku m ar Tiw ar i, J. Mr. Pawan Sanwal, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr. Saurabh Adhikari, Central Govt. Standing Counsel, for the respondents. (2) Petitioner’s husband was employed as Peon in WATS, which is a wing of Sashastra Seema Bal, Ministry of Home, Government of India. He passed away on 22.6.2020. Petitioner applied for family pension, however pension was not sanctioned to her on account of some discrepancy in her name. (3) According to petitioner, her name was incorrectly described as Mathura Devi in the service record of her late husband, which should be recorded as Bira Devi, which is her actual name. By means of this writ petition, petitioner has sought the following reliefs: “(i) Issue a writ, order, or direction in the nature of mandamus, commanding the respondents to consider the claim of the petitioner for granting family pension after the death of her husband. (ii) Issue a writ, order, or direction in the nature of mandamus, commanding the respondents to pay the arrears of pensionary benefits w.e.f. the date of the claim made by the petitioner.” (4) Mr. Saurabh Adhikari, learned Counsel appearing for the respondents, has produced in Court a communication dated 8.11.2025, issued by Assistant Commandant (Mantra), SSB Academy, Bhopal, which is taken on record. In para 3 of the said communication, it is mentioned that Smt. Bira Devi and Smt. Mathura Devi is the same person. Based on the instructions, Mr. Saurabh Adhikari submits that the competent authority 2025:UHC:11313 has granted necessary sanction for release of Family Pension to the petitioner and now petitioner is required to submit some documents and Family pension would be released to her within two weeks after submission of necessary documents. (5) Writ petition is, accordingly, disposed of by taking the statement made by Mr. Saurabh Adhikari on record. ( Man oj Ku m ar Tiw ar i, J.) 1 7 .1 2 .2 0 2 5 Pr PRABODH KUMAR Digitally signed by PRABODH KUMAR DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, ou=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, 2.5.4.20=3a082a00a95aff911a9559743af8f21c50602ff6eae4e61af3aeab 198d462503, postalCode=263001, st=UTTARAKHAND, serialNumber=0DC111E8D8CA66E16B940EFDF806ACCC1AB588052DF 6FCA58C67F3C91957BE53, cn=PRABODH KUMAR Date: 2025.12.18 18:22:32 +05'30' 2025:UHC:11313