2025:CGHC:42824 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 9303 of 2025 Smt. Bholi Toppo W/o Late Bifal Ram Aged About 55 Years R/o Ward No. 15 Hiragir Dafai Haldibadi Chirmiri, Police Station And Tehsil- Chirmiri, District- Manendragarh- Chirmiri-Bharatpur (C.G.) ... Petitioner(s) versus 1 - South Eastern Coal Fields Ltd. Through Chairman - Cum Managing Director, South Eastern Coal Fields Ltd. Seepath Road, Bilaspur, District- Bilaspur (C.G.) 2 - Chief General Manager South Eastern Coalfields Ltd. Chirmiri Area, P.O. West Chirmiri Collery District- Manendragarh-Chirmiri-Bharatpur (C.G.) 3 - Personal Manager South Eastern Coalfields Ltd. Ncph Chirmiri Colliery, Chirmiri Area District- Manendragarh-Chirmiri-Bharatpur (C.G.) 4 - Senior Mines Manager Chirmiri Ncph Colliery S.E.C.L. Chirmiri Area District- Manendragarh-Chirmiri-Bharatpur (C.G.) 5 - Deputy Mines Manager Ncph Chirmiri Colliery S.E.C.L. Chirmiri District- Manendragarh- Chirmiri-Bharatpur (C.G.) 6 - Regional Commissioner Coal Mines Provident Fund Bilaspur, District- Bilaspur (C.G.) 7 - Finance Manager Chirmiri Area, District- Manendragarh-Chirmiri-Bharatpur (C.G.) …Respondents (Cause title is taken from the CIS) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ For Petitioner : Shri Swapnil Keshari, Advocate For Respondents/SECL : Shri Rahul Mishra, Advocate ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hon'ble Shri Justice Ravindra Kumar Agrawal Order on Board 22.08.2025 1. Petitioner has filed this petition for the following reliefs: Digitally signed by V PADMAVATHI Date: 2025.08.25 11:09:55 +0530 Wps 9303 of 2025 2 “10.1 This Hon’ble Court may kindly be pleased to call for entire records from the office of the respondents in respect of petitioners claim. 10.2 The Hon’ble Court may kindly be pleased to direct the respondents to grant family pension, from the date of entitlement with interest. 10.3 The Hon’ble court may kindly be pleased to decide the representation with the specific period of time. 10.4 That, any other writ, order directions or relief which this Hon’ble Court may deem fit may kindly be passed in favor of the petitioner.” 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that after death of petitioner’s husband on 23.11.2020, respondents/SECL is not providing any Family pension to the present petitioner, despite her request and representation dated 10.03.2025. 3. Responding the contention made by learned counsel for the petitioner, learned counsel for the respondents/SECL would submit that, respondents/SECL made several communications to the petitioner to furnish relevant documents, so that the proceeding for grant of Family Pension may be made but the petitioner has not turned up to submit the said documents, therefore, Family pension could not be sanctioned to her. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner, at this juncture, would submit that the petitioner has already submitted all requisite documents along with the forms to the respondents/SECL, yet the Family pension has not been granted to her. 5. Heard learned counsel for the parties. 6. Considering the submissions made by learned counsel for the parties, and the issue involved in the present writ petition, it would be appropriate to dispose of this Wps 9303 of 2025 3 petition directing the respondents/SECL authorities to communicate the petitioner herein about the requisite documents to be submitted by her within a week from today, in writing, and obtain acknowledgment from the petitioner, and after giving sufficient time to the petitioner to complete the requisite documents, she is directed to submit the same before the respondents/SECL. It is also directed that as and when SECL receive such documents, necessary acknowledgment be issued to the petitioner. In case the respondents/SECL not issue acknowledgment in writing, petitioner is at liberty to send the required documents through Speed Post. 7. It is made clear that all the above exercise shall be completed within four weeks from today. 8. Learned counsel for the respondents/SECL also directed to inform the authorities about passing of this order within a week from today. 9. With the aforesaid observation and direction, present petition stands disposed of. Sd/- (Ravindra Kumar Agrawal) JUDGE padma