Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:73171 Court No. - 7 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 6186 of 2025 Petitioner :- Reeta Pandey Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 5 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Siddharth Khare,Sr. Advocate Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Vikram D. Chauhan,J. 1. Heard learned Senior Advocate appearing on behalf of petitioner and learned Standing Counsel for the State. 2. The writ petition is filed with the following prayer: "(a) a writ, order or direction of a suitable nature commanding the respondents to sanction all terminal benefits arising on account of death of Brij Kishor Pandey including gratuity, provident fund, group insurance and leave encashment along with interest thereon within a period to be specified by this Hon'ble Court. (b) a writ, order or direction of a suitable nature commanding the respondents to sanction family pension to the petitioner, to disburse such family pension regularly every month and also disburse arrears of family pension from 25.11.2024 till date along with interest thereon on such penal rate as may be specified by this Hon'ble Court." 3. It is submitted by learned Senior Advocate appearing on behalf of petitioner that husband of petitioner was employee of respondent no.6 and criminal case was lodged, and during investigation, husband of petitioner had died. The claim with regard to gratuity, provident fund, group insurance, leave encashment and terminal benefits has not been paid to the petitioner. In this respect, petitioner has filed representation dated 4.2.2025, however till date, no order has been passed. 4. Learned Standing Counsel submits that representation of petitioner would be decided in a time bound manner. 5. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, it is hereby provided that the respondent no.3-Deputy Director of Education, Gorakhpur Region, Gorakhpur shall decide the representation dated 4.2.2025 filed by the petitioner in accordance with law, preferably within a period of two months from the date of production of a certified copy of the order. 6. It is clarified that this Court has not decided the issue on merits and the authorities concerned shall independently apply its mind and pass order in accordance with law. 7. With the aforesaid observation/direction, the writ petition stands disposed of. Order Date :- 7.5.2025 D. Tamang Digitally signed by :- DHIRENDRA TAMANG High Court of Judicature at Allahabad