16.07.2026 25 sdas WPA 12479 of 2026 Prabhat Kumar Saha Vs. Union of India & Ors. Ms. Nibedita Pal Mr. Ananda Gopal Mukherjee Ms. Sonam Ray .….. for the petitioner Mr. Sourav Mandal ……for the UOI Mr. Shiv Chandra Prasad …… for the P.F. Authorities 1. Let affidavit-of-service, as filed in Court, be kept on record. 2. The petitioner claims to be the only legal heir and representative and indeed the nominee of one Nandalal Singh who was an employee of the Airports Authority of India, having retired sometime in 2010. 3. The said employee had also exercised his option for grant of Government pension and had submitted all documents in respect thereof sometime in December, 2020, including the nomination form, nominating the petitioner to receive pension in his place and stead upon his death. 4. The said employee expired sometime in August 2021. Till that date, his application had not been processed and was lying unattended. 2 5. The petitioner, as his nominee, has applied for grant of pension, which is also lying to the respondent no. 3. 6. Respondent no. 3 has, thereafter, referred to the respondent no. 2. 7. However, respondent no. 2 has not taken any steps nor considered such representation, which is presently lying unattended since November, 2025. 8. In view thereof, I direct the respondent no. 2 to dispose of the representation of the petitioner, upon due consideration of all documents as submitted by the petitioner, by August 31, 2026 and communicate the resultant order therefrom within a week. 9. With the aforestated directions, the writ petition is disposed of. 10. There will be no order as to costs. 11. Urgent photostat certified copy of the order, if applied for, be given to the parties upon usual undertakings. (Reetobroto Kumar Mitra, J.)