Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:39409 Court No. - 6 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 589 of 2025 Petitioner :- Smt. Mamta Devi Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Ashwini Kumar Srivastava Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Sanjai Singh Hon'ble Saurabh Shyam Shamshery,J. The petitioner has claimed that she is still legally wedded wife of Late Bal Kishan, a Class- IV employee in Punjab National Bank, died in harness and her claim for payment of gratuity and provident fund is on basis of a succession certificate dated 09.03.2024. Sri Ashwini Kumar Srivastava, learned counsel for petitioner refers the documents annexed along with this writ petition that claim of petitioner has still not been decided. Sri Ashok Bhatnagar, learned counsel for respondent Bank on basis of instruction submits that there are legal impediments and petitioner has not come up with clean hands before this Court as well as certain communications were made to her to provide NOC of other legal heirs, however, the same has still not been provided. Learned counsel for petitioner submits that she has not received any communication as referred above. In the aforesaid circumstances, since the matter is seized with the respondent Bank i.e. Punjab National Bank and there are certain communication between the petitioner and bank, therefore, at this stage, without entering into merit of case, this writ petition is disposed of with an observation that a fresh communication be communicated to petitioner within three weeks by respondent bank and petitioner will provide her reply within three weeks thereafter and final decision will be taken thereafter within a period of six weeks and in case of any legal impediment, respondent bank will communicate it to petitioner. Order Date :- 19.3.2025 P. Pandey Digitally signed by :- PUSHPENDRA PANDEY High Court of Judicature at Allahabad