2026:JHHC:26574 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI W.P. (S) No. 6225 of 2026 --------- Shakuntala Singh, aged about 67 years, Wife of Late Suresh Prasad Singh, Resident of Fatehur House, B/1, Magadh Bihar, Gardanibag, P.O.-Anisabad, P.S.-Gardanibag, District-Patna, Bihar. ....Petitioner(s) Versus 1. The State of Jharkhand. 2. The Secretary, Department of Transport, Govt. of Jharkhand having its office at Project Building, Dhurwa, P.O. and P.S. Dhurwa, District-Ranchi. 3. The Joint Secretary, Department of Transport, Govt. of Jharkhand having its office at Project Building, Dhurwa, P.O. and P.S. Dhurwa, District-Ranchi. 4. The Deputy Commissioner, Giridih, having its office at Giridih, P.O. and P.S. Giridih, District-Giridih. ....Respondent(s) --------- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE DEEPAK ROSHAN --------- For the Petitioner(s) : Mr. Ranjan Kumar Singh , Advocate For the Respondent(s) : Mr. Piyush Anand, A.C. to S.C.-VI --------- 02/Dated: 31.08.2026 1. Heard learned counsel for the parties. 2. The instant writ application has been preferred by the petitioner praying therein for a direction upon the concerned respondent to pay and provide the 7th pay family pension revision to the petitioner since 01.01.2016 with interest and consequential benefits. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that though the petitioner is fully entitled for the prayer made in the instant writ application; however, in spite of the representation dated 27.12.2022 (Annexure-2) the grievance of the petitioner has not been redressed. 4. Learned counsel for the respondents fairly submits that since no counter affidavit has been filed; as such, the 2026:JHHC:26574 2 petitioner may be directed to approach the concerned respondent by filing a fresh representation, who shall look into the matter so that the grievance of the petitioner can be redressed. 5. Having regard to the aforesaid submissions and without going into the merits of the case, the instant writ application is hereby disposed of by directing the respondent No.5 to look into the grievance of the petitioner by treating this writ application as representation and take a decision in the matter in accordance with law and applicable rules and regulations by passing a reasoned and speaking order within a period of 8 weeks from the date of receipt of copy of this order and communicate the same to the petitioner and if the case of the petitioner is found favourable, consequential benefits be extended to the petitioner within a further period of 4 weeks. The petitioner shall serve a copy of this writ application along with the relevant documents to the concerned respondent for convenience. 6. Pending I.A., if any, also stands closed. (Deepak Roshan, J.) AUGUST 31, 2026 vikas/- uploaded 09/09/2026