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2025 DAILYLAW 171120 (ALL)

SMT. URMILA v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. ADDL. CHIEF SECY. DEPTT. OF HOME LKO AND 2 OTHERS

WRIA/12931/2024 · 2025-01-09

Alok Mathur

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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:1647 Court No. - 6 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 12931 of 2024 Petitioner :- Smt. Urmila Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Deptt. Of Home Lko And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Sunil Kumar Singh,Kartikeya Yadav,Shrikant Gupta Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Alok Mathur,J. 1. Heard Sri Kumar Nilesh, Advocate holding brief of Sri Sunil Kumar Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Standing Counsel for the respondents. 2. It has been submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that petitioner's mother-in-law late Dhanawati Devi was receiving family pension on account of death of her husband Ram Samujh Verma who was working in the Police Department. It is stated that mother-in-law of petitioner died on 09.11.2022 and till her death she was receiving family pension. 3. Grievance of petitioner is that family pension stood revised from 01.01.2016 in the light of recommendations of the pay- commission, but the family pension of mother-in-law of petitioner was not revised. 4. The petitioner claims that she is daughter-in-law of late Dhanawati Devi and despite repeated representations to the respondents, they have not revised family pension which was given to late Dhanawati Devi till her death and accordingly after arguing the matter up to some length, learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that grievance of petitioner shall be substantially redressed in case respondent no. 2 - Finance Controller, Uttar Pradesh Police, U.P. Police Head Quarter, Lucknow is directed to consider and decide representation of petitioner dated 12.03.2024 (annexed as Annexure - 5 to the writ petition) expeditiously. 5. Learned Standing Counsel has no objection in case suitable directions are issued to respondent no. 2 to consider and decide petitioner's representation. 6. Accordingly, present writ petition is disposed of with direction to respondent no. 2 - Finance Controller, Uttar Pradesh Police, U.P. Police Head Quarter, Lucknow is directed to consider and decide representation of petitioner dated 12.03.2024 (annexed as Annexure - 5 to the writ petition) expeditiously, say within eight weeks from the date of production of certified copy of this order, in accordance with law by means of reasoned and speaking order and communicate the decision to the petitioner. 7. In case it is found that family pension of Smt. Dhanawati Devi deserves to be revised, same shall be revised and arrears, if any, shall be paid to the legal heirs of Smt. Dhanawati Devi with expedition. Order Date :- 9.1.2025 A. Verma (Alok Mathur, J.) Digitally signed by :- ANURAG VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench